TN Assembly adopts bill facilitating State to appoint Vice-Chancellors
Chennai Apr 25 PTI The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Monday adopted a bill empowering the state government to appoint Vice-Chancellors to various universities in the state in an apparent bid to clip the wings of the Governor on the matter Higher Education Minister K Ponmudy tabled the bill to amend the Tamil Nadu Universities Laws to allow the state government to appoint VCs to the varsities The BJP opposed the bill at the introductory stage while the main opposition AIADMK taking exception to a remark on late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa by Congress Legislature Party leader K Selvaperunthagai staged a walkout ahead of the passage of the bill Earlier Chief Minister M K Stalin while appealing to members to support the governments initiative said that even in Gujarat the home-state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi the vice-chancellors are not appointed by the governor but the State Same was the case with other states including Telangana and Karnataka Opposition PMK supported the bill PTI JSP SA SA
Chennai Apr 25 PTI The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Monday adopted a bill empowering the state government to appoint Vice-Chancellors to various universities in the state in an apparent bid to clip the wings of the Governor on the matter Higher Education Minister K Ponmudy tabled the bill to amend the Tamil Nadu Universities Laws to allow the state government to appoint VCs to the varsities The BJP opposed the bill at the introductory stage while the main opposition AIADMK taking exception to a remark on late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa by Congress Legislature Party leader K Selvaperunthagai staged a walkout ahead of the passage of the bill Earlier Chief Minister M K Stalin while appealing to members to support the governments initiative said that even in Gujarat the home-state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi the vice-chancellors are not appointed by the governor but the State Same was the case with other states including Telangana and Karnataka Opposition PMK supported the bill PTI JSP SA SA
