The centre’s plan to set up five minority universities seems to face cold waves as the report of Thorat Committee, instituted to prepare a feasibility report for the same, termed the proposal unconstitutional. The 7-member committee headed by former chairman of the University Grant Commission, SukhdevThorat, said in its report that the Parliament cannot pass an Act to set up a minority university with public money. The committee has cited the examples of Aligarh Muslim University and JamiaMilliaIslamia which are facing litigation on the same account. The report reads, “India being a secular state, it cannot differentiate between majority and minority.” The committee further suggested that the five institutions can be set up as Central Universities with their focus on minorities.
NO MINORITY VARSITY WITH PUBLIC MONEY: THORAT COMMITTEE
The centre’s plan to set up five minority universities seems to face cold waves as the report of Thorat Committee, instituted to prepare a feasibility report for the same, termed the proposal unconstitutional.
