CHENNAI, DEC 20
The Union government is planning to take over the Anna University by way of giving special status and grants through back door, DMK president M.K. Stalin alleged.
In a press statement issued here, Stalin accused that it is a ploy of the Union Ministry of Human Resources to appropriate an oldest and premium institution with maximum number of affiliated engineering colleges in the name of granting the university the status of Institution of Eminence.
Stalin also condemned the state government’s decision to bifurcate the Anna University, claiming that he was doubting that it was a part of the design to hand over the university to the Centre and remove the name of the former Chief Minister C.N. Annadurai from the University’s name.
When the DMK proposed to bifurcate the university for the benefit of students during its previous regime, the AIADMK vehemently opposed the move. Now it has formed a committee of five ministers to bifurcate the university and there seems to be a motive behind the decision, he charged.
Granting it the status – Institution of Eminence will snatch away the university from the control of the state government. Though it has been claimed that it would function under the University Act, the special status will pave way for the Union Human Resources Minister to take over the university through the backdoor, Stalin alleged.
