NAMCHI, 09 May: Chief Minister Pawan Chamling, who has thus far refrained from commenting on the series of allegations and counter-allegations surrounding the Sikkim University Vice-Chancellor, broke his silence today when a delegation of students from the government college here called on the CM with a litany of complaints against the VC and demanding reservation to ensure that more students from Sikkim received the opportunity to pursue higher studies at SU. The CM met the students at the SDF Party office here today.
“The Sikkim University Vice Chancellor is misusing his powers and running the administration on his own whims and fancies, favoring those willing to do his bidding and penalising those who speak for the people of Sikkim. His actions have not been healthy for Sikkim’s students,” Mr. Chamling said while speaking to student delegation.
He explained that the State government had brought a Central University to Sikkim hoping that it would facilitate quality higher education for students here and also generate employment. “The VC’s actions have however delivered the opposite,” he said.
He agreed that the VC had introduced many subjects at the post-graduate level which cannot be taken up by Sikkim students and has also violated the established norms for employment which prioritise local absorption.
The CM informed the students that he had himself urged land owners at Yangang to provide land for the Sikkim University campus and they had agreed to it as well, but at the time when the land acquisition was in process, the VC offended the landowners by allegedly threatening them to evacuate the land within a week. This, the CM said, turned the landowners against him and now they have expressed that they will give their land only after the VC is removed from the post.
During his interactions with the people through the day, the CM stressed the need for joint effort and cooperation among the people to develop the state to its true potential. He also interacted with party workers and the public today and also sanctioned many demands placed by the public.
Every action taken by the VC has to be vetted by the Executive Council of the University , where the Secretary Education is also one of the members. Sadly over the years, the various secretaries have stayed away from these meetings leading to the opening up of subjects which have no relevance to Sikkim, but relevant to VC and his set of people he wanted in!!!
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