ABSU-BSS team meets Assam Governor, seeks removal of Bodoland University VC

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GUWAHATI: With their series of agitations demanding the removal of the Vice Chancellor of Bodoland University (BU), Kokrajhar, not yielding any results, the All Bodo Students' Union (ABSU) and the BSS (Bodo Sahitya Sabha) today moved Governor Golab Chand Kataria with the same demand. The Governor is the Chancellor of the university.

BU Vice Chancellor Laishram Ladu Singh has many corruption charges against him. The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Cell and the Chief Minister's Vigilance Cell did arrest him on corruption charges.

A 15-member team of the ABSU and the BSS led by ABSU president Dipen Boro and BSS president Dr. Surath Narzary met the Governor and submitted to him a memorandum seeking immediate removal of Prof. Laishram Ladu Singh from the post of Vice Chancellor on BU and the appointment of a new vice chancellor in the university. BTC CEM Promod Boro was also with the team.

The memorandum said, "We would like to draw some serious concern against the existing Vice-Chancellor of Bodoland University, Prof. Laishram Ladu Singh, for your kind attention and necessary action. He had been accused of corruption and criminal offences by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption and the CM's Vigilance Cell, Assam, and is now on pre-arrest bail from the Gauhati High Court. Sir, the Vice-Chancellor, after being accused and arrested on corruption charges by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption and the CM's Vigilance Cell (01/2022) U/S 120B/420/409 IPC R/W Sec. 13(a)(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, still holds the position of Vice Chancellor, which is very much illegal and unethical for the university. That Sir, on demand of the immediate removal of the present corrupt and accused Vice Chancellor, a series of democratic and peaceful agitations had been organised by various student organizations and the people of BTR".

Speaking to The Sentinel, Dipen Boro said, "We are happy with the response we have received from the governor. We have placed our demands before the Hon'ble Governor, who is also the Chancellor of Bodoland University."

"The governor said that the VC would have to go. We are examining if we need to take action against him or if he himself needs to resign. A NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council) team will visit Bodoland University on November 9, 2023. We will take the decision after the NAAC visit," Dipen Boro quoted the governor as telling the delegation.

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