Karnataka govt withdraws six private university bills amid objections from ruling, opposition parties

Higher Education Minister C N Ashwath Narayan tabled the GM University Bill, The Sapthagiri NPS University Bill, Rajya Vokkaligara Sangha University Bill, The T John University Bill, The Kishkinda University Bill and The Acharya University Bill.

Karnataka govt withdraws six private university bills amid objections from ruling, opposition parties

The Karnataka government has withdrawn the bills to set up six private universities in the state owing to objections from the opposition Congress, JD(S) and from ruling BJP MLAs in the Karnataka Assembly.  Higher Education Minister C N Ashwath Narayan tabled the GM University Bill, The Sapthagiri NPS University Bill, Rajya Vokkaligara Sangha University Bill, The T John University Bill, The Kishkinda University Bill and The Acharya University Bill.

As the GM University Bill came up for discussion today, Narayan said "40 per cent of the seats will be regulated, while the fees for the remaining 60 per cent will be based on the consensual agreement by the Fees Regulation Committee."

Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, said, "Our students are flooding foreign universities. Why can’t we bring foreign students here for studies by giving a quality education?" While supporting the Speaker, Congress legislator Priyank Kharge said "there should be change in the academic council and the appointment of the Vice-Chancellors should not be political."

"You have rightly said that we lack the out-of-the-box thinking. We are creating highest unemployed engineers," Kharge said. "While the reputed universities of the globe show the Nobel laureates and prestigious award winners in their prospectus, the first thing our universities write is that the campus is spread of a sprawling 125 acres. Is this a university or a real estate business?" Kharge pointed out.

Another senior Congress MLA H K Patil advised the government to introduce an ordinance first instead of passing the bill without proper discussion. Two other BJP legislators Veerabhadrayya (Veeranna) Charantimath and Basavangouda Patil Yatnal also opposed the bills saying that a detailed discussion was needed.

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