CM N Biren Singh meets Javadekar to discuss Manipur varsity crisis

Imphal | Monday | 16th July, 2018

Summary:

Manipur University Students' Union (MUSU), Manipur University Teachers' Association (MUTA) and Manipur University Staff Association (MUSA) have expressed their objection to the composition of the probe panel set up by the Centre. IMPHAL: Chief minister N Biren Singh on Sunday met Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar and held discussions on the ongoing crisis at Manipur University (MU).Biren, who along with a few legislators and party leaders is in New Delhi, met Javadekar and informed him about the ongoing impasse. The chief minister also told Javadekar that the MU community has not welcomed the probe panel set up by the HRD ministry to investigate the allegations against the VC. MUTA and MUSA have extended their support to the movement, with six deans and 28 departmental heads having resigned as a mark of protest. They further claimed that the university community cannot accept a 'simple enquiry committee' as the HRD ministry has already been on the side of the VC..