The presence of Vice Chancellors (VC) of two universities of the state at the regional convention of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in Dehradun has infuriated the Congress party.
The party has requested the Governor of Uttarakhand Baby Rani Maurya who also is the Chancellor of the universities of the state to take cognizance of the issue and take appropriate action.
Talking to the mediapersons at the State headquarters of the Congress party on Sunday, the Vice President of the Uttarakhand Congress, Surya Kant Dhasmana said that VCs of Uttarakhand Technical University and Sridev Suman Uttarakhand University were present during the regional convention of the ABVP.
He said that it is unfortunate that these VCs not only participated in the event but also were actively involved in it. Dhasmana claimed that for the VCs to present on the stage of student wing of any political party is against the service rules.
He said that the VCs of these two universities have started a wrong convention and the governor of Uttarakhand should take cognizance of the issue.
Incidentally the 20th convention of ABVP is drawing controversies. On Saturday, the National Students Union of India (NSUI) had burned the effigy of the ABVP at the DAV- PG College for organising the convention at GRD institute. One branch of the GRD was in news last year for gang rape of a student.