THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The controversy over the Kerala College’s refusal to confer the D Litt on President Ram Nath Kovind refused to die down as Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Monday got here down closely on the Vice-Chancellor of the Kerala College, alleging that he was shocked by a letter written by the VC.
“I used to be shocked by the language of the letter utilized by the Vice-Chancellor of the College of Kerala and it took 10 minutes to get well from the shock,” he mentioned to the media.
It was astonishing to notice that an individual within the VC rank couldn’t even write two strains with out making errors. Responding to the controversy over the unwillingness of the College of Kerala to confer the diploma of D.Litt on the President on the instruction of the Raj Bhavan, he confirmed for the primary time that he had instructed the VC to honour the President by conferring D Litt on him throughout a perform right here.
“In reply to the instruction, the VC responded that the college syndicate had turned down the proposal. Once I requested to present it in writing, he handed over a two-line handwritten assertion to the Governor. The language of the letter has shocked me because the VC of the oldest college within the nation couldn’t even write two strains with out errors,” he mentioned. Shocked by the flip of occasions, he had contacted the workplace of the chief minister, however he couldn’t discuss with the chief minister, he mentioned.
In actual fact, he had instructed the vice-chancellor of the Kerala College to debate the matter with the college syndicate members. The prevailing guidelines say that any proposal for awarding a D.Litt needs to be both accepted or rejected by the assembly of the College Syndicate. However the VC didn’t focus on the matter with syndicate members and knowledgeable the Governor that the syndicate members rejected the proposal. It was clear from his message that the choice to show down the proposal to confer the D Litt on President was taken on the insistence of somebody exterior, the Governor mentioned.
When the proposal was turned down, he had written a letter to the Kerala Authorities and the federal government offered three letters to the Governor. Whereas stating that he’s but to decide whether or not he ought to take up obligations of the Chancellor of the colleges in Kerala, he mentioned if he resumes his duties as Chancellor, he would work as a correctional drive as it’s his duty to self-discipline them, he informed the media.
