Chief Minister M.Ok. Stalin presenting honorary doctorate to playback singer P. Susheela in Chennai on Tuesday.
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Amid a row with Governor R.N. Ravi over management of universities, Chief Minister M.Ok. Stalin on Tuesday stated that the Chief Minister, “elected by the people”, should be the Chancellor of all State universities in order that the folks’s collective want might be fulfilled.
Bills have been adopted in the Assembly in the direction of this, he stated at the convocation of The Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Music and Fine Arts University in Chennai.
In a particular session final Saturday, the Assembly had re-adopted a number of Bills searching for to divest the powers of the Governor in issues of choice, appointment and removing of Vice-Chancellors of State-run universities and vest the identical with the authorities. Mr. Ravi had “withheld assent” for these Bills and returned them. The authorities has since resent the re-adopted Bills to the Raj Bhavan, whilst the Supreme Court is seized of the subject. In his convocation handle, Mr. Stalin identified that the Chief Minister was the Chancellor of this explicit college and contended that provided that the Chief Minister was the Chancellor, universities would develop.
“Only after realising that this objective would be destroyed if it [the Chancellor post] is vested with others, the then Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had in 2013 decided that the Chancellor of this university would be the Chief Minister. She could be whole-heartedly lauded for this. I commend [her] after coming to think of the prevailing circumstances,” he stated.
Referring to the awarding of honorary doctorates to playback singer P. Susheela and musicologist B.M. Sundaram, Mr. Stalin stated solely as a result of the Chief Minister remained the Chancellor of this college, the needs of the folks might be fulfilled by way of such choices.
“This is why we say that the Chief Minister should be the Chancellor of all universities. We have adopted Bills in the Assembly for this purpose,” Mr. Stalin stated, including: “The Supreme Court is hearing cases related to this. We expect good news.”
He additional reiterated the State’s stand that the topic of ‘Education’ should be transferred from the Concurrent List to the State List in the Constitution. “Only this will help in [providing] education to all. I don’t want this only for Tamil Nadu. I am advocating this for all the States in India.”
The Chief Minister additionally introduced that the subsidy for The Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Music and Fine Arts University would be elevated to ₹three crore from the subsequent monetary yr and stated a sum of ₹1 crore would be allotted for the college’s analysis centre, library and different amenities.
During his speech, Mr. Stalin stated he was an enormous fan of P. Susheela and used to take heed to her songs whereas travelling.
Mr. Stalin stated ‘Nee Illadha Ulagathile Nimathi Illai’ was his favorite music.