Leader of the Opposition Jai Ram Thakur today said that the corruption charges levelled against the authorities of Sardar Patel University here in the recruitment of assistant professors and other staff are a ploy of the Congress government to shut it down.
Thakur said, “The Joint Commissioner of the Education Department has alleged gross violation of rules in the university without conducting an inquiry. How did he come to the conclusion that gross violation of rules had taken place in the university? It is a tactic to defame the university and shut it down.”
Thakur, while addressing mediapersons here, said, the government had recently removed the Vice-Chancellor of the university. “The future of over 35,000 students belonging to five districts of the state is on stake. Their exams are scheduled to be held from April 17,” he added.
Thakur said, “We will make efforts to protect the future of these students and the university, which the government wants to close down.”
He said, “On the pretext of getting a survey done by another agency, the government is mulling to shift the site of the proposed airport in Mandi to some other district. The previous BJP government had spent Rs 10 crore to complete different formalities for the construction of an airport in the Balh valley of Mandi. It will be unfortunate if the government shifts the airport project to some other place.”
He said that the performance of the government was not up to the mark. “Before the Assembly elections, the Congress had promised to provide Rs 1,500 per month to all women between the age of 18 and 60 years. However, after coming to power, it is providing Rs 1,500 per month to only those women “who were already receiving a pension of Rs 1,000 during our rule”.
