The Indian National Congress launched an all-out ideological attack against the ruling dispensation on Sunday, alleging that systematic political appointments and budgetary starvation have crippled the core integrity of India’s premier public universities. In a comprehensive policy dossier released in New Delhi, the party asserted that statutory academic autonomy has been systematically replaced with ideological compliance across central higher education institutions.
Opposition spokespersons highlighted crippling administrative vacancies across Central Universities, where thousands of sanctioned faculty positions and department chair posts remain unfilled for years. The critique further targeted the restructuring of the University Grants Commission, arguing that funding disbursements are increasingly weaponized to suppress critical inquiry, academic seminars, and dissenting campus discourse.
Education policy specialists underscored that declining research allocations as a percentage of gross domestic product risk eroding India’s competitive global academic standing. The Congress party announced nationwide consultation roundtables involving university teachers, student associations, and independent researchers to draft a charter for restoring institutional governance and academic autonomy.
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