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Kerala Assembly passes Bill for removing Governor as the Chancellor of universities | India News


THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala The National Assembly on Tuesday passed the University Law (Amendment) Receipt replaced the Governor as the President of the universities in the state and appointed prominent academicians to the top positions, while the opposition UDF boycotted House for not accepting its suggestions on the bill.
“The bill has been passed,” said Speaker AN Shamseer.
The bill was passed after hours of discussion, in which the Parliament-led UDF said it had no objection to the removal of the Governor as Prime Minister, but that he should be chosen from among those who have retired. Supreme Court judges and former chief justices of the Supreme Court of Kerala.
The opposition also said there is no need for different Prime Ministers for each university and that the selection panel should include the Minister, the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Kerala.
However, the state Law minister, pastor Rajeeve states that a judge cannot be part of the selection panel and that Speaker would be a better choice.
The minister also said that retired judges cannot be the only options for being appointed to university leadership positions.
Faced with the government’s stance, the opposition said they were boycotting the House proceedings because they feared that the state government was trying to turn universities in Kerala into Communist or Marxist centers by how to appoint people they love as leaders.
The bill was introduced in the House of Representatives amid the ongoing controversy between the Governor Arif Mohammed Khan and Pinarayi Vijayan government on various issues, including the appointment of Vice-Chancellors of universities.

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