Pinarayi counters CM’s claim on MG University VC appointment
Opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan has challenged the Chief Minister's claims regarding the appointment of a Vice-Chancellor at Mahatma Gandhi University. He accused the current government of surrendering to the Sangh Parivar's influence in higher education, contrasting it with the previous administration's resistance.
Why it matters
The politicization of university appointments is a major point of contention in Kerala's state politics and higher education governance.
Countering Chief Minister V.D.Satheesan’s claim that the previous Left Democratic Front (LDF) government was supposed to submit the list of possible candidates for the Vice-Chancellor (VC) in charge of Mahatma Gandhi University, Leader of the Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan said that the previous VC’s term ended only after the UDF government took charge.
The article centers on the opposition leader's critique of the current government's alignment with the Sangh Parivar.
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