New Delhi: A day after alleging political interference in the administrartive matters, Allahabad University Vice-Chancellor has now back-tracked on the issue.
In a letter to the Vice-President Hamid Ansari, VC RL Hangloo stated that here has been no interference from the Union HRD Minister in the functioning of this university.
The letter further says that Ms Irani "has always encouraged us with her rare flash of brilliance," and that there have been "twisted statements by the press and media...which should be ignored."
Hangloo on Tuesday alleged political meddling for the state of universities today.
"This is a central university and used to be called the Oxford of the East in the past. There can be no possibility of the institution regaining its lost glory if political interference continues," said Hangloo who recently drew flak from BJP leaders over his handling of a students agitation.
He had alleged that many politicians belonging to Congress, BJP, SP AVBP, are involved in the university affairs and the varsity will not grow if politicians interfere.
"We want to take the university on the path of excellence and this is a jolt to our aim. All my associates are saying this is a jolt to the university and politicians are hampering the university's growth. The political interference is a setback for the university," said Hangloo.
"If politicians continue to interfere, we all will have to leave. Then government can run the university as per their opinion. Then it would be better to have MLAs or MPs as VCs in place of acamedicians," Hangloo said yesterday.
He was responding to questions about the varsity's decision, announced yesterday, to keep offline option open for entrance tests for post-graduate courses in the upcoming academic session.
