Cong demands revival of stalled sports varsity

The Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) has demanded the immediate construction of the long-delayed Delhi Sports University at Ghevra Mor in North West Delhi district, accusing both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of betraying Delhi’s youth for nearly three decades.

In a memorandum submitted to Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, the state Congress unit condemned the successive governments for failing to develop the university on 110 acres of land acquired in 1996-97.

Senior spokesperson for the DPCC Naresh Kumar highlighted that despite the land acquisition for a sports school and university, no construction had begun in 28 years, leaving the site abandoned and prone to encroachments.

“The BJP has been in power in various forms — in MCD, at the Centre and now in Delhi. Yet despite including the Ghevra Sports University in their manifestos, they have failed to move even a stone. It’s not incompetence — it’s deliberate betrayal,” he said.

The Congress said the sports university had been operating from a makeshift campus in a Civil Lines government school for the past 5-6 years.

Kumar pointed out critical flaws like Vice-Chancellor Karnam Malleswari not meeting UGC norms, non-existence of undergraduate or postgraduate programme and the faculty operating entirely on contract without permanent hiring.

The Congress has outlined specific demands, including immediate construction at Ghevra Mor, reserved seats and job preferences for families whose land was acquired, an audit of the Civil Lines campus, regularisation of qualified staff and the launch of UG and PG programmes by the next academic session.