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Punjab
teachers union condemns Khalsa university move
Monday April 11, 2011 06:05:31 PM,
IANS
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Chandigarh:
The Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union (PCCTU) here
Monday condemned the Khalsa College Education Society's proposal
to set up a private university in place of the 120-year-old Khalsa
College in Amritsar.
PCCTU members said replacing the college with a private university
is an attempt to tamper with history and heritage of this
institution of Punjab that is located in a heritage building.
"This college is the pride of the Punjabis and the Sikhs. The
proposal betrays the wishes, thinking and expectations of all
those who were involved in the movement of setting up of the
college in 19th century and who donated liberally for its setting
up, Jagwant Singh, PCCTU president, told reporters here Monday.
He added that "the move has been made in a clandestine manner and
lacks transparency".
Singh said: "The managing committee has its ulterior motives
behind this move. They have not shared anything with the
stakeholders, teachers, alumni and families of the donors. They
have done everything in a secret and deceitful manner."
Singh accused principal Diljit Singh, president Satyajit Singh
Majithia and secretary R.M. Singh Chinna of acting in a fraudulent
and dictatorial manner and demanded their immediate resignation on
moral grounds.
"Their only motive is to grab the 200 acres of land of the college
by any means. One of the clauses of Khalsa Private University Bill
gives the proposed university power to purchase, acquire, take on
lease, mortgage, sell, alienate and transfer any movable property
belonging to the university," charged Singh.
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