Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 12: As the Governor’s Secretariat takes cognizance of various complaints against the Jammu University Vice-Chancellor Prof R D Sharma, National Secular Forum (NSF) has demanded an independent judicial probe into the allegations while NSUI has stressed that the incumbent VC should step down to ensure free and fair investigation.
Talking to media persons, here today, the NSF State president Dr Vikas Sharma listed a number of alleged irregularities committed during the tenure of incumbent VC, who kept shielding delinquent officers through the medium of local committees of varsity. “Now when VC himself has surfaced as main accused in committing irregularities during his tenure as head of Jammu University, local committee constituted under his control to probe the wrongdoings by Prof R D Sharma will be nothing but a ridiculous attempt to give clean chit to the VC and save him from the clutches of law,” he said.
Maintaining that the local committee formulated to probe the irregularities will not be able to dig out every scam due to influence of the VC, Vikas Sharma urged the Chief Minister to send Prof Sharma on leave for ensuring independent probe by a sitting Judge.
“Unless independent enquiry is ordered outside the influence of local committee, Prof Sharma will obviously manipulate the findings of local committee in his favour to hoodwink the Governor house as per past practice and any purpose of ordering enquiry against VC JU will be a futile exercise,” he explained.
Meanwhile, NSUI has hailed Governor’s initiative of probe into complaints against the Vice- Chancellor and demanded that the VC should step down for ensuring a free and fair investigation.
In a press statement, NSUI State president Neeraj Kundan said that existence of the elements of favoritism, discrimination, misuse of official position and violation of statutes in the university is a big threat to the culture and dignity of the institution.
“The element of favoritism and discrimination not only exist in the appointments but also in context of students fraternity but the Vice Chancellor always ignore the voice of victims,” he alleged and opined that normal functioning in JU would restore only after the sitting VC is shown the door.
He appealed the Governor that a neutral person of high integrity or a former judge be made part of the probe so that the VC may not be able to influence the inquiry.
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