India News | Resignations of Gujarat Vidyapith Trustees, Who Quit in Oct to Protest Guv as Chancellor, Accepted
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The resignations of nine trustees of the Gujarat Vidyapith, who had quit in October last year to protest against the appointment of Governor Acharya Devvrat as the Mahatma Gandhi-founded institution's chancellor, have been accepted by its board, the varsity's vice-chancellor said on Monday.
Ahmedabad, Jan 2 (PTI) The resignations of nine trustees of the Gujarat Vidyapith, who had quit in October last year to protest against the appointment of Governor Acharya Devvrat as the Mahatma Gandhi-founded institution's chancellor, have been accepted by its board, the varsity's vice-chancellor said on Monday.
Four new trustees were also appointed, he said.
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The now deemed university was set up by Mahatma Gandhi in 1920 and the nine trustees had submitted their resignations more than two months ago claiming Devvrat's appointment as the chancellor was done with "undue haste" and under "political pressure".
At the time, the apex decision-making body of the Ahmedabad-based university had decided not to accept the resignations.
The resignations were finally accepted on Monday in a meeting of the current board of trustees, which also appointed four new trustees.
"We tried to convince them to withdraw their resignation. But, since they refused to accept our request, the board of trustees has accepted their resignations. Four new trustees were also appointed today," Gujarat Vidyapith vice- chancellor Rajendra Khimani told reporters after the meet.
The four new trustees are Harshad Patel, vice-chancellor of the Gandhinagar-based Indian Institute of Teacher Education, Rajashri Birla, Gafurbhai Bilakhia and DP Thakar.
Patel once worked as a media coordinator of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat.
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