UGC draft rules on appointing VCs assault on state rights: TN CM

The University Grants Commission's draft regulations 2025, granting governors broader control over vice chancellor appointments and allowing non-academics to hold these posts, were a direct assault on federalism and state rights, Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin said on Tuesday.

This 'authoritarian' move by the Union BJP government sought to centralise power and undermine democratically elected state governments, he commented. The CM said in a post on X: "Education must remain in the hands of those chosen by the people, not dictated by governors acting at the BJP government's behest."