A day after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addressed a gathering of young college students in Chennai, the Tamil Nadu Higher Education Department is probing into how permission was granted for an interaction of a political leader with students at a government aided college.
Citing the Model Code of Conduct that came into place on 10 March Director of Tamil Nadu Higher Education Department wrote to her Joint Director to immediately look into how permission was granted.
On Thursday, in a notice marked ‘Very Urgent’, Higher Education Director Charumathi wrote to her joint director regarding the event, specifying that the college where it was held is a government aided institution.
Citing media reports, she wrote, “There are several media reports that a political leader participated in an interaction with students at Stella Maris College, Chennai-86, on 13.3.2019.
The notice comes a day after Rahul Gandhi’s speech at the college, which was televised live, and where hundreds of students had participated. Rahul Gandhi took questions from the students at the institute, and announced that if his party comes to power, they will bring in reservation for women in government jobs at all levels.
Rahul’s visit to Chennai came ahead of the party’s public rally in Nagercoil. Flanked by key TNCC leaders including P Chidambaram, Khushbu, CR Kesavan, and KS Alagiri, Rahul addressed media later that day in the state’s capital before flying to Nagercoil for his public rally.
(This article was first published on The News Minute and has been republished with permission.)
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