The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed the Punjab Universities Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2023.The Bill aims at removing the governor from the post of chancellor of all 11 state universities.
The SAD supported the Bill.Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said if they could not appoint V-Cs they would be letting down the mandate given by the people.Under the proposed Bill, the chief minister would be the new chancellor of all state universities, a senior government official had earlier said. Following this, the government had started exploring the ways to remove the governor as chancellor of all state universities.
Sikh Gurdwara (Amendment) Bill
The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday passed the Sikh Gurdwara (Amendment) Bill, 2023. Earlier, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann presented the Bill in the Assembly. Speaking on it, SAD MLA Manpreet Ayali said, “One channel shouldn’t have the exclusive rights over the live Gurbani telecast. The SGPC should run its own channel. The government should not interfere in the SGPC affairs.” He appealed to the state government to reconsider its decision of tabling the Bill in the House. He said, “It will set a wrong precedent and in the coming days governments would start interfering in the SGPC matters.” He said he opposed the Bill.
