NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha on Wednesday took up a bill to establish Sammakka Sarakka Central Tribal University in Telangana in pursuance of the Andhra Pradesh reorganisation legislation. The discussion on the bill will continue on Thursday.
Piloting the Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2023 in the Lower House, minister of state for education Subhas Sarkar said the tribal university in Telangana is being established in pursuance of the commitments made in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act2014.The central government, Sarkar said, will ensure early completion of the tribal university in Telangana.
The university is named in honour of legendary mother-daughter duo Sammakka and Sarakka who are revered by tribals across the country. According to the statement and objects of the bill, establishment of “Sammakka Sarakka Central Tribal University” will cater to the regional aspirations for years to come.
The establishment of a central tribal university in Telangana is obligatory under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.
Participating in the debate, Congress member Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka underlined the need for creating an ecosystem for preserving and promoting tribal culture and said that discrimination in IITs and IIMs is forcing SC, ST and OBC students to commit suicides. The Congress leader also demanded that reserved seat vacancies in universities and institutes of higher education be filled at the earliest.
BJP’s Sunita Duggal said that universities will help the tribal youth of Telangana to pursue higher education.
Raising the issue of frequent suicides by students belonging to Dalit community, DMK member A Raja said that there is a need to change the discriminatory mindset.
Recalling the contribution of former Prime Minister V P Singh, Raja said that he sacrificed his life for the upliftment of OBCs as he asked the government to share information on measures taken to remove discrimination being faced by Dalit students.
Trinamool Congress member Aparupa Poddar said that the crime against tribals has been increasing and vacancies for reserved seats in central universities are not being filled. Poddar also raised the issue of Visva Bharati University, stating that the Unesco heritage status plaque did not mention the name of Rabindranath Tagore in the plaque and only had the name of vice-chancellor and PM Narendra Modi’s name,which evoked sharp response from BJP members. Sarkar retorted by saying “you are lying.”
Piloting the Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2023 in the Lower House, minister of state for education Subhas Sarkar said the tribal university in Telangana is being established in pursuance of the commitments made in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act2014.The central government, Sarkar said, will ensure early completion of the tribal university in Telangana.
The university is named in honour of legendary mother-daughter duo Sammakka and Sarakka who are revered by tribals across the country. According to the statement and objects of the bill, establishment of “Sammakka Sarakka Central Tribal University” will cater to the regional aspirations for years to come.
The establishment of a central tribal university in Telangana is obligatory under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.
Participating in the debate, Congress member Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka underlined the need for creating an ecosystem for preserving and promoting tribal culture and said that discrimination in IITs and IIMs is forcing SC, ST and OBC students to commit suicides. The Congress leader also demanded that reserved seat vacancies in universities and institutes of higher education be filled at the earliest.
BJP’s Sunita Duggal said that universities will help the tribal youth of Telangana to pursue higher education.
Raising the issue of frequent suicides by students belonging to Dalit community, DMK member A Raja said that there is a need to change the discriminatory mindset.
Recalling the contribution of former Prime Minister V P Singh, Raja said that he sacrificed his life for the upliftment of OBCs as he asked the government to share information on measures taken to remove discrimination being faced by Dalit students.
Trinamool Congress member Aparupa Poddar said that the crime against tribals has been increasing and vacancies for reserved seats in central universities are not being filled. Poddar also raised the issue of Visva Bharati University, stating that the Unesco heritage status plaque did not mention the name of Rabindranath Tagore in the plaque and only had the name of vice-chancellor and PM Narendra Modi’s name,which evoked sharp response from BJP members. Sarkar retorted by saying “you are lying.”