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The committee will probe study centres opened outside the campus following allegations that they favoured a particular group of individuals.BJP spokesperson Rahul Kothari dubbed the committee unconstitutional. Since then, speculation had grown that a probe was imminent.Gupta confirmed to TOI that the committee has been formed to probe alleged scams in Makhanlal University. There have been allegations that the schemes promoted a culture of nepotism on campus.The committee will probe allegations that the university ignored UGC guidelines while recruiting and appointing teachers since 2003. It will also investigate if the launch of several schemes by the university benefited a person or a group of individuals. It will start functioning in the next couple of days,” said Gupta.According to the circular, the committee will “minutely probe the academic syllabus”, particularly the allegations that it promotes a particular ideology..