Agartala: Senior Congress MLA Sudip Roy Barman has formally requested Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to launch a high-level inquiry into alleged recruitment irregularities at Tripura University.
In a letter to the Union Education Minister, Barman accused Vice Chancellor Ganga Prasad Prasain and Registrar Dipak Sharma of corruption, favouritism, and administrative misconduct.
He alleged that the Vice Chancellor and Registrar were indulging in corruption in recruitment for teaching and non-teaching staff at the central varsity.
“They have flooded Tripura University with underqualified and ineligible outsiders, depriving genuine candidates from Tripura. Most shamefully, the vice chancellor has recruited his son as an engineer at the varsity, depriving all the bright locals,” he alleged in the letter.
Barman further alleged that in the past year, over 30 candidates from outside Tripura were appointed, many of them underqualified, while only 4–5 local eligible candidates were selected.
The MLA flagged concerns over scheduled interviews for faculty positions in the Departments of Law, Sociology, and Sanskrit on June 8 and 9, even though the VC’s executive powers have been withdrawn and a new VC recruitment is underway.
According to UGC norms, an outgoing VC cannot make regular appointments—rules allegedly being ignored by the current administration.
He said the issue was discussed in the assembly, and it was assured that an investigation would be started.
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A case of corruption has also been lodged with the local police, Roy Barman said.
The Congress leader urged the union education minister to suspend the vice chancellor and sought a high-level inquiry committee to probe the alleged irregularities.
The copies of the letter were sent to the Tripura Governor and Chief Minister Manik Saha for immediate action.
