File photo of MK Stalin. (Image: News18)
Chief Minister MK Stalin said the state governor was acting as if it was his “prerogative” to appoint a V-C and the practice was an “insult” to the state government.
The Tamil Nadu state assembly on Monday passed a bill empowering the government to make direct appointments of vice-chancellors in a change from the current system where the governor of Tamil Nadu appoints vice-chancellors from among three shortlisted names recommended by a university search committee. We do.
The development comes at a time when Governor RN Ravi is at the hilly retreat of Udhagamandalam for a two-day conference for Vice Chancellors.
Chief Minister MK Stalin said the state governor was acting as if it was his “prerogative” to appoint a V-C and the practice was an “insult” to the state government.
“There are 13 state-run universities in Tamil Nadu. Earlier the Governor used to appoint the V-C on the recommendations of the elected government. But this trend has changed in the last four years. In states like Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana, V-Cs are appointed by the state government on the basis of recommendations made by the search committee,” Stalin said in the assembly.
Stalin also highlighted a 2010 report of a commission headed by former Chief Justice Madan Mohan Punchi on Centre-state relations, which recommended that the practice of appointing governors as chancellors of universities should be abolished.
The opposition AIADMK and its ally BJP staged a walkout after the government introduced the bill in the assembly.
The standoff between the DMK government and the governor has intensified with the new bill cutting off the governor’s authority. More than 10 bills, including the anti-neet bill, are pending with the governor.
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