Think about your parents before wheeling and drag racing: DCP Abdul Ahad's advice to youngsters
AWARENESS WORKSHOP ABOUT WHEELING
Bengaluru: Whitefield Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abdul Ahad on Friday advised bikers to think about their parents before doing wheeling and drag racing on roads with their vehicles. “Think of the mother who has held you in her womb for 9 months without causing any harm to you. If she see you doing wheeling and drag racing on road, her heart will wrench” he said while questioning “Is it right to make your parents lose their son just for your show offs?”.
He was speaking at an Awareness Workshop event against wheeling and drag racing organised by K R Pura Police Station at the Silicon City College. He further added that last year 685 people lost their lives in two-wheeler’s road accidents of which 150 people died during attempting wheeling.
“Youngsters try to pose as heroes by doing wheeling these days. Become a real life hero by joining police, army, NCC and other forces. Yet, if you are interested in becoming a racer, you can join the professional training institutes where they will have proper safety measures” he added.
“Whenever we organise awareness drives against wheeling, we find a majority of such bikers to be Muslims. There is a need to create awareness against this in the society. Members of Masjid committees and other volunteers should come together to create awareness. Earlier, we did a similar drive against drugs which turned out to be successful. We need come up with similar drive once again against wheeling” Abdul Ahad told during his address.
Speaking further Abdul Ahad added ‘We arrest the violators, penalize them and in some cases also send them to jails. But now there is no place in jails. Our jails can accommodate 3000 people but we have 5000 people there already. We need to give counselling to our youngsters, we should convince them to live a respectable life in the society and that is why we are organising these awareness drives”.
Jamiat Ulema Bengaluru City President, Moulana Mufti Muhammad Hussain also addressed the event and stated that Wheeling, drag racing and tobacco are destroying the lives of youngsters. “Youngsters are losing their lives due to these activities. We all should appreciate and support this initiative of creating awareness against wheeling and drag racing led by Whitefield DCP Abdul Ahad” he added.
“Youngsters force their parents to get them bikes worth 2-3 lakh rupees. They start acts like wheeling and drag racing with these vehicles. Islamic teachings tells us that nobody can know when the death angel will come and take us away from this world. It also teaches us to follow law and regulations of land, but Muslim youngsters these days are not bothered about laws, it is the result of our disconnection from the Islamic teachings” Moulana said.
“What we have to understand is such actions of us are also causing inconvenience and problems to the other commuters on the road” he stressed.
Yogaratna awardee Gangadarappa in his address spoke about an incident that took place with the son of one of his friend who injured himself while trying wheeling and is in coma for last one year. “He is still in coma after sustaining serious injuries while trying wheeling. My friend and his family have so far spent 45 lakh rupees but is still struggling to save his son” he said.
“Is it fine to put your life under risk just for a thrill of few seconds? Parents, while fulfilling all their demands of their kids, should also keep a check on their social life and activities” he added.
Child Helpline’s senior counsellor Preeti Baliga also conducted counselling for the youngsters during the event. K R Pura Police Inspector Jayaraj H, welcomed the event. Whitefield Sub-Division ACP, Ravishankar, Silicon City College Principal Jnanesh were also present during the event.
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Single higher education regulator bill tabled in LS; Oppn flags ‘centralisation,' JPC likely
New Delhi: A bill to set up a 13-member body to regulate institutions of higher education was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan introduced the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, which seeks to establish an overarching higher education commission along with three councils for regulation, accreditation, and ensuring academic standards for universities and higher education institutions in India.
Meanwhile, the move drew strong opposition, with members warning that it could weaken institutional autonomy and result in excessive centralisation of higher education in India.
The Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025, earlier known as the Higher Education Council of India (HECI) Bill, has been introduced in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
The proposed legislation seeks to merge three existing regulatory bodies, the University Grants Commission (UGC), the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), and the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), into a single unified body called the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan.
At present, the UGC regulates non-technical higher education institutions, the AICTE oversees technical education, and the NCTE governs teacher education in India.
Under the proposed framework, the new commission will function through three separate councils responsible for regulation, accreditation, and the maintenance of academic standards across universities and higher education institutions in the country.
According to the Bill, the present challenges faced by higher educational institutions due to the multiplicity of regulators having non-harmonised regulatory approval protocols will be done away with.
The higher education commission, which will be headed by a chairperson appointed by the President of India, will cover all central universities and colleges under it, institutes of national importance functioning under the administrative purview of the Ministry of Education, including IITs, NITs, IISc, IISERs, IIMs, and IIITs.
At present, IITs and IIMs are not regulated by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
Government to refer bill to JPC; Oppn slams it
The government has expressed its willingness to refer it to a joint committee after several members of the Lok Sabha expressed strong opposition to the Bill, stating that they were not given time to study its provisions.
Responding to the opposition, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said the government intends to refer the Bill to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for detailed examination.
Congress Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari warned that the Bill could result in “excessive centralisation” of higher education. He argued that the proposed law violates the constitutional division of legislative powers between the Union and the states.
According to him, the Bill goes beyond setting academic standards and intrudes into areas such as administration, affiliation, and the establishment and closure of university campuses. These matters, he said, fall under Entry 25 of the Concurrent List and Entry 32 of the State List, which cover the incorporation and regulation of state universities.
Tewari further stated that the Bill suffers from “excessive delegation of legislative power” to the proposed commission. He pointed out that crucial aspects such as accreditation frameworks, degree-granting powers, penalties, institutional autonomy, and even the supersession of institutions are left to be decided through rules, regulations, and executive directions. He argued that this amounts to a violation of established constitutional principles governing delegated legislation.
Under the Bill, the regulatory council will have the power to impose heavy penalties on higher education institutions for violating provisions of the Act or related rules. Penalties range from ₹10 lakh to ₹75 lakh for repeated violations, while establishing an institution without approval from the commission or the state government could attract a fine of up to ₹2 crore.
Concerns were also raised by members from southern states over the Hindi nomenclature of the Bill. N.K. Premachandran, an MP from the Revolutionary Socialist Party representing Kollam in Kerala, said even the name of the Bill was difficult to pronounce.
He pointed out that under Article 348 of the Constitution, the text of any Bill introduced in Parliament must be in English unless Parliament decides otherwise.
DMK MP T.M. Selvaganapathy also criticised the government for naming laws and schemes only in Hindi. He said the Constitution clearly mandates that the nomenclature of a Bill should be in English so that citizens across the country can understand its intent.
Congress MP S. Jothimani from Tamil Nadu’s Karur constituency described the Bill as another attempt to impose Hindi and termed it “an attack on federalism.”
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