All conspiracies to weaken Congress will be defeated : Warring Reaffirms, party united; only alternative to incompetent AAP Says, AAP using people to divert attention from brutal abuse of power Chandigarh 9 December ( Ranjeet Singh Dhaliwal ) : Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring today asserted that all conspiracies aimed at weakening the Congress in Punjab will be defeated. “Current controversy has been created to divert the public attention and shift the discourse from the AAP’s brutal abuse of police force in the Zila Parishad and Block Samiti elections”, he noted while pointing out, the AAP was on defensive and such sensational but baseless claims may provide them a breather from public scrutiny. “When everyone was talking about the abuse of police force and the AAP was not having any answers, the attention was instantly diverted with sensational claims which have no base or truth in them”, he noted, while adding, “both the BJP and the AAP are masters ...
Forums demand autonomy for universities, Free from political interference
Former VC Panjabi University Boparai urged for complete autonomy to varsities
Chandigarh 29 April ( Ranjeet Singh Dhaliwal ) : Chandigarh, To uphold the sanctity of universities as "temples of knowledge," public forums Lok-Raj Punjab and Jago-Punjab have called for complete autonomy and independence for all universities. They emphasized that these vital institutions must be free from political interference to preserve their role as custodians of cultural diversity, languages, heritage and history. Speaking jointly, Padma Shri and Kirti Chakra awardee Prof. Swarn Singh Boparai, former Vice Chancellor, Panjabi University and Chairman of Jago-Punjab and Dr. Manjit Singh Randhawa, Convenor of Lok-Raj asserted that the post of Vice Chancellor should be redefined as "Chancellor." Further, the appointment should be made by the university's governing body not by the Governor and the candidate must be a respected faculty member from the same university. They criticized the current practice where the state Chief Minister sends a panel of names to the Governor who then appoints the Vice Chancellor, often someone from outside the institution. Drawing comparisons with foreign universities, where Chancellors hold full administrative powers, they pointed out that Indian Vice Chancellors merely exercise delegated powers from politically appointed Chancellors, leaving them with no real authority. The statement was prompted by recent incidents particularly at PAU Ludhiana where political interference allegedly led to public embarrassment. The forums called such acts "reprehensible" and warned that political control undermines the impartiality, integrity and future of education in India.
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