{"id":81256,"date":"2021-07-10T10:13:44","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T04:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmakhani.com\/?p=81256"},"modified":"2021-07-11T10:22:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-11T04:52:32","slug":"sukhbir-warns-against-move-to-tinker-with-punjab-university-s-cultural-character-and-juridiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/sukhbir-warns-against-move-to-tinker-with-punjab-university-s-cultural-character-and-juridiction\/","title":{"rendered":"SUKHBIR WARNS AGAINST MOVE TO TINKER WITH PUNJAB UNIVERSITY \u2019S CULTURAL CHARACTER AND JURIDICTION"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u0915\u094d\u0937\u092e\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0902, \u092f\u0939 \u0938\u092e\u093e\u091a\u093e\u0930 \u0906\u092a\u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0928\u0941\u0930\u094b\u0927 \u0915\u0940 \u092d\u093e\u0937\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0909\u092a\u0932\u092c\u094d\u0927 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u0915\u0943\u092a\u092f\u093e \u092f\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0947\u0902\u0964<\/a><\/p>

SAYS SAD WON\u2019T BE A MUTE WITNESS TO ANTI-PUNJAB, ANTI-PUNJABI MOVES<\/strong>
\n\u201c FEDERAL STRUCTURE AND DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AT STAKE\u201d<\/strong>
\nSAYS EFFORTS AFOOT TO TAKE PUNJAB VARSITY AWAY FROM PUNJAB<\/strong>
\nChandigarh, July 10 2021<\/strong>\u00a0 Shiromani Akali Dal president Sardar Sukhbir Singh Badal today issued a \u201cstern warning\u201d against the proposed move \u201cto tinker with the cultural and regional character and curtail the territorial jurisdiction of the Punjab University.\u201d
\n\u201cThis move\u201d, he said, \u201cwould be fraught with serious emotional, religious and political consequences.\u201d He strongly cautioned the Vice Chancellor Dr Raj Kumar not to rush headlong into this\u201d rash and ill-advised venture which concerned the sentiments of the people of Punjab who were already reeling under prolonged injustice and discrimination in various political, religious, economic and territorial spheres.\u201d
\n\u201cIt seems that the varsity authorities are insensitive to the emotional fall out of their actions. Their motives strike at the very roots of the ideals which inspire SAD and which form the cornerstone of the Constitution of India.\u201d
\n\u201cAt stake here are the country\u2019s federal character and the ideal of unity and diversity. This move has already given rise to fears of an assault on minority interests,\u201d said Mr Badal in a statement here.
\nMr Badal said that that this move would virtually deprive this great institution of its very character as an \u201cinstitution of global repute symbolising Punjab and its rich and variegated culture.\u201d He said that efforts seemed afoot to deprive this great institution of its character as essentially the heart and mind of Punjabis.\u201d
\n\u201cThere are credible and disturbing reports of a move to reduce and limit the jurisdiction of this world famous and historic edifice of academic excellence to just the periphery of the Union Territory of Chandigarh. For this, they are reportedly going through the formality of having a High Level Committee recommending disaffiliation of more than 200 colleges at present with the Varsity spreading over seven districts in the State in the Malwa belt. This won\u2019t be allowed\u201d.
\nThe Akali leader also came down heavily against the reported move to change the character and composition of both the Senate and the Syndicate of the university in order to destroy their democratic academic character as well as turn these into a centrally controlled wings of the varsity. Describing the recommendations and proposals of the so called High Level Committee as \u201c pre-scripted and made to order\u201d, Mr Badal said, \u201cUnder the new proposal the size of the Senate would be reduced from 15 members to just four. It would become a hand maid of the government as all the four members would be nominated by the Vice Chancellor and not elected.This would make the senate a laughing stock of central bureaucrats who themselves would obey their masters in the Union government. .The same path is being adopted for the highest decision making body of the university, the 18 member Syndicate. Its strength is being reduced from 18 to 13, and 10 of these 13 members would be nominated while three others would be ex officio members. What a tragic irony that the highest centres of learning in the word\u2019s largest democracy would be denied the democratic path of functioning and replaced with hand-picked nominees?.
\nMr Badal said. \u201cHow ironical that we have to fight to save the Punjab University for Punjab. But the SAD won\u2019t flinch and won\u2019t let Punjab\u2019s educationists and students fraternity down. \u201cWe will fight in the front ranks.There is a widespread resentment against this move among the teachers and students of the university and among other lovers of Punjab\u2019s rich culture and language.
\nMr Badal regretted that the Vice Chancellor flew even in the face of the directions of the Honourable Punjab and Haryana High Court which has directed the varsity authorities to conduct elections for the governing bodies. The authorities keep making alibis like Covid , and consulting the governments of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal for their consent. They are using Covid as an excuse against holding these elections forgetting that the the pandemic was seen as no obstruction to major elections like those in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. So how would it come in the way of a mere university poll?\u201d
\nMr Badal said that the Youth Akali Dal and SOI are already protesting against these anti Punjab and anti Punjabi moves.\u201d If the authorities don\u2019t listen to the voice of reason, then the SAD would have to think of the next course of action. But one hopes that sanity would prevail and they won\u2019t force us to take to the democratic agitational route.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u0915\u094d\u0937\u092e\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0902, \u092f\u0939 \u0938\u092e\u093e\u091a\u093e\u0930 \u0906\u092a\u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0928\u0941\u0930\u094b\u0927 \u0915\u0940 \u092d\u093e\u0937\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0909\u092a\u0932\u092c\u094d\u0927 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u0915\u0943\u092a\u092f\u093e \u092f\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0947\u0902\u0964SAYS SAD WON\u2019T BE A MUTE WITNESS TO ANTI-PUNJAB, ANTI-PUNJABI MOVES \u201c FEDERAL STRUCTURE AND DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AT STAKE\u201d SAYS EFFORTS AFOOT TO TAKE PUNJAB VARSITY AWAY FROM PUNJAB Chandigarh, July 10 2021\u00a0 Shiromani Akali Dal president Sardar Sukhbir Singh Badal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":80839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[180],"tags":[44231,44232,2948,28657,797,44230],"class_list":{"0":"post-81256","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-punjab","8":"tag-anti-punjab","9":"tag-anti-punjabi-moves","10":"tag-punjab-university","11":"tag-sardar-sukhbir-singh-badal","12":"tag-shiromani-akali-dal","13":"tag-vice-chancellor-dr-raj-kumar"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}