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January 8, 2025 

Press Statement 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement: 

Withdraw UGC Draft Regulations 

The Draft University Grants Commission Regulations 2025 contains a provision, which is a direct assault on the rights of states on the question of selecting Vice Chancellors in state-run universities.  The guideline gives the Governor-cum-Chancellor the power to appoint the three-member Selection Committee in which the Chancellor's nominee will also be the Chairperson.  This is happening in the background of Governors acting arbitrarily in appointing Vice Chancellors in some opposition-ruled states. 

The state government will have no say in who is being appointed in the Selection Committee.  At one stroke, through these guidelines, the Centre can appoint Vice Chancellors of its choice in all state-run universities through the Governors-cum-Chancellors. 

These draft regulations violate the Constitutional position, wherein education is a concurrent subject.  All democratic sections, including the non-BJP state governments, should unitedly oppose this dangerous provision.

It should be withdrawn. 

(Muralidharan) 

For CPI(M) Central Committee office