The Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today took strong exception to the move of Thapar University, Patiala amending rules to deny admission quota to students of Punjab in the engineering and polytechnic college without any prior permission from State Government. In a statement issued here today, the Deputy Chief Minister said that Thapar University that time known as Thapar Technology Campus was allotted 250 acres prime land at highly concessional rate by the Punjab Government in the year 1956, with a singular aim of providing quality technical education to the students of state. He said that now Thapar University cannot be allowed to tweak rules, regulations and guidelines denying the legitimate admission quota, without taking the permission of state government. He said that Punjab Government would not allow Thapar University to deviate from the basic philosophy of educating students of Punjab for which State Government had given it land in the year 1956.
Seeking a complete report from Technical Education Department regarding Thapar University, the Deputy Chief Minister issued directions that department should take all preventive, corrective, legislative and legal measures to stop the Thapar University in denying legitimate admission quota to state students. The Deputy Chief Minister said that the Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal has already sought intervention of Mr. Kapil Sibbal, Union Human Resource Development Minister on this issue and he along with Chief Minister would soon call on the Union Minister to put a stop to the mischief of Thapar University.