TINSUKIA: With condemnation pouring in from across the state over alleged derogatory behaviour of a legislator against Vice-Chancellor of Rabindranath Tagore University, Hojai, the former and present students of Department of Bengali, Gauhati University who are serving as academics in various capacities across the country including Tinsukia in a joint memorandum to the Chancellor of the University who is also the Governor urged upon him to remove the MLA Ramkrishna Ghosh from the Executive Council of the university immediately while further requesting him to initiate disciplinary action against the arrogant member of EC.
The memorandum signed by 146 teachers and scholars to the Governor after the incident went viral in social media stated that local MLA had allegedly insulted Prof. Amalendu Chakraborty, the Vice-Chancellor of Rabindranath Tagore University, Hojai with ugly words and expressions in a recent meeting of the Executive Council of the University over an MoU to which the MLA was ignorant. The incident discontented large number of students of Prof. Amalendu Chakraborty with anger and pain who is regarded as scholar extraordinary in Bengali language and contemporary literature. The memo stated that the patterns of pressure and intervention from various quarters on administrative works of the Vice-Chancellor were of any indication of adverse sanctity of the University which were unfortunate and actually challenge the autonomy of a university.
“We are saddened with the observation that in the state of Assam, in recent days, public-funded education system and the teaching communities in public funded institutes are abused by responsible quarters now and then. The space of opinions from stakeholders is blocked, and an impression is being systematically generated that teachers are responsible for every evil in the education sector’ stated memo.
The signatories could perceive the incident from social media platform which gave an impression that the Vice Chancellor took some steps without consultation with the MLA. The university authority has the right to take decisions subject to ratification in statutory bodies. Even if it was an administrative lapse, the democratic and legal avenues were open to the member of EC (MLA). Without exploring these avenues, the MLA allegedly scolded the Vice Chancellor in presence other members who intended to pacify him. The teachers have sought kind intervention of the Chancellor to uphold the dignity of education sector and academic environment in the State.
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