DU mum over Dyal Singh crisis

Tribune News Service

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New Delhi, September 26

Students of Dyal Singh College (DSC) and Delhi University Principals’ Association (DUPA) have joined the chorus for Amitabh Sinha’s dismissal as chairperson of the college’s governing body (GB) amid an ongoing stalemate in DSC between its day college principal Dr Inderjeet Singh Bakshi and Sinha.

The DUPA requested Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Prof Yogesh Tyagi to immediately intervene and take steps for Amitabh Sinha’s removal as well as withdrawal of the September 24 order served to the college principal.

However, with no word on the crisis in DSC administration as of date coming from DU VC, whose intervention the college principal had sought as well, jumping into the row Shiromani Akali Dal leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa has backed him demanding action against Sinha by the BJP.

A BJP affiliate, Sinha, is drawing flak for “meddling” into the administrative affairs of Dyal Singh College. 

Sinha reversed the college election committee's September 18 suspension order of newly elected college students' union president Rohan Awana, who is associated with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).

Sinha, also a Supreme Court lawyer, held a governing body’s meeting on Monday on the issue followed by issuing a notice to the college principal directing him to proceed on leave over allegations of administrative and financial lapses.

Rajouri Garden MLA Sirsa accused Sinha of targeting the college principal as the latter opposed his idea of changing name of the college’s evening branch to Vande Mataram Mahavidyalaya, an issue, which had become a flashpoint between the principal and the governing body head and on which Sirsa too had last November approached HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar.