Chennai: Taking exception to the State-owned Anna University Vice-Chancellor (VC) M K Surappa writing directly to the Centre on raising funds without its assistance, the Opposition DMK has demanded that the VC should be removed from the post immediately.
In a statement here, DMK president M K Stalin also sought to know whether he was acting as another Chief Minister of Tamilnadu by unilaterally writing to the Centre that the varsity has the capability to raise Rs 1,500 crore on its own without any assistance from the government for being declared as an Institution of Eminence.
Strongly condemning the VC’s action, he also wanted to know whether the letter was sent to the Union government after getting the consent of Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami.
Expressing shock over the VC’s act, Stalin asked how did he had the audacity to write such a letter that would affect the students and more importantly, the legacy of Anna University, especially when his term was nearing completion.
“If Mr Palaniswami has no role in the VC’s letter to the Centre, then he should recommend to the Governor for the dismissal of Surappa”, he said.
Alleging that the VC’s letter was an attempt to endanger the State’s 69 per cent reservation system and to saffronise the University’s higher education system, the leader of the Opposition said he did not consider it as a letter written by an individual.
“The CM-VC- Governor are working in collusion in an attempt to saffronise Anna University’s higher education,” he added.