“This ‘Crook’ coined the term ‘Hindu Terror’” C T Ravi on P Chidambaram; Twitterati replies
Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP General Secretary and Minister in newly formed cabinet of CM Yediyurappa on Wednesday criticised former Union Home Minister and Finance Minister P Chidambaram after his arrest adding that he was hiding in his house in New Delhi to gain sympathy, evading arrest by CBI and ED.
Ravi in a tweet also called Chidambaram ‘Crook who as Union Home Minister coined “Hindu Terror”.
“This Crook who as Union Home Minister coined "Hindu Terror" is holed up like a Petty Thief” Ravi wrote in the tweet.
“In a scene straight out from a movie, @INCIndia leader @PChidambaram_IN is creating a scene to gain sympathy by hiding in his house in New Delhi” he added while also writing ‘What goes around comes around’ in the tweet.
Twitterati however did not take the tweet lightly and schooled the new minister for posting the tweet. A few of the users stressed Ravi to concentrate on his role as the minister of the state and not indulge in such controversies, while others recalled hit and run accident case involving his car to remind him of his cases that are still pending.
One of the users called Ravi as ‘Crook’ adding that he was a cabinet minister behaving like BJP’s IT Cell troll.
Another user commented “Sir, Do you need this tweet? Is it part of your job description? Is it not the job of BJP high command? Please stay away from unnecessary national issues. Concentrate on your district and your ministry work. Thousands are in relief centres of Mudigere. Solve their problems”.
Here are the few replies of the twitterati on Ravi’s tweet:
In a scene straight out from a movie, @INCIndia leader @PChidambaram_IN is creating a scene to gain sympathy by hiding in his house in New Delhi.
— C T Ravi ?? ಸಿ ಟಿ ರವಿ (@CTRavi_BJP) August 21, 2019
This Crook who as Union Home Minister coined "Hindu Terror" is holed up like a Petty Thief.
What goes around comes around ! ! !
This crook is Cabinet Minister in ನಮ್ಮ Karnataka. Still behave like IT cell Troll. ?
— Bidar Baba (@Bidarbaba) August 21, 2019
Sir:
— Prahlad K Hanumanthaiah (@PrahladKH1) August 21, 2019
Do you need this tweet? Is it part of your job description? Is it not the job of BJP high command?
Please stay away from unnecessary national issues. Concentrate on your district and your ministry work.
Thousands are in relief centres of Mudigere. Solve their problems.
Appa swamy neenu acting ina saku cabinet minister kotidhu ayithu work noduko
— Eranna@ Gh (@ErannaGh) August 21, 2019
Don't forget ur hit and run... And act like a saint today... Two innocent lives lost that day
— Anil P (@Anil73P) August 21, 2019
You are a minister now. Avoid bad mouthing the opposition. There are spokespersons who will talk about these things. Please concentrate on your work.
— archana (@archis12345) August 21, 2019
Anna neevu 2 members na kill madidira alva first neevu clean agi idhi otheres na blame madri
— Eranna@ Gh (@ErannaGh) August 21, 2019
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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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