Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 24: Terming Central University Jammu as rehabilitation center for relatives and close ones of Vice Chancellor, National Secular Forum today protest against CU VC in front of central university and said that after the lapse of three years since CU was approved; same has been working from three rented buildings, plundering the exchequer brazenly. Addressing gathering here today, NSF President Sukhdev Singh said that VC has made University as his personal fiefdom, where all laws were either violated or tailored to give benefit to relatives of University.
"Instead of establishing its own infrastructure, same is running from three hired buildings viz-a-viz two at Trikuata Nagar and one at Sainik Colony", he said, adding that moreover buildings of some relatives of VC were hired with a purpose to benefit them. Sharpening his attack, he further said that CUJ was sanctioned for Jammu, but 90 percent of teaching staff was outsider. "Only 10 percent of teaching staff is local and that too are either close to VC or his relatives. Moreover all the clerical staff working there is appointed on directions of VC, without any advertisement", he alleged, adding that on one hand CUJ was approved for Jammu following a long struggle of Jammuities.
"The student community had presumed that CUJ would benefit them on account of providing jobs, but maximum of outsiders and retired officials are being rehabilitated by VC", he said, and while citing an example, NSF president said that VC had appointed an officer as Dean Student Welfare. "According to CUJ norms, the maximum age for post of DSW is 62 years but he is 65 years of age, which is clear violation of law and that too illegally as the post was not advertised", Singh rued. Further castigating the CUJ administration of CUJ, Sukhdev Singh said that on one hand people advocated for restoration of Article 370, but on the other maximum teaching staff and scholars in CUJ were outsiders and none was raising any question over such gross abrogation of article. Criticizing the violation of rules and rehabilitation of relatives of Vice Chancellor, NSF president said that VC has adjusted his relatives as Consultant and Officers on Special Duty (OSD), in utter violation of set norms. He appealed Vice President of India to intervene in the matter and initiate a CBI probe, to unearth the biggest illegal recruitment racket in CUJ. Among those who were present in the protest included, Barket Ali, Qayoom Malik, Rishikesh Rana, Vikram Madhyal, Amit Sanotra, Imtiyaz Ahmed,JB Singh, Pawan Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Javed Iqbal, Narinder Singh, , and others. |
