Bengaluru: The Leader of the Opposition  and former CM Siddharamaiah has urged the Government to provide social justice in appointment of Vice-Chancellors (VCs) to various State-run Universities.

In a letter to the Chief Minister, Governor and Higher Education Minister, Siddu stated that, “The heads of several religious institutions have met me recently and raised concerns over not following social justice in appointment of VCs to Universities. Though there are 25 Universities in State, except Janapada University, no Varsity has VC belonging to Scheduled Caste community. It shows that the Government is not sticking and following the Section 14(4) of Karnataka State Universities Act.”

The former CM demanded Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa  and Governor-Chancellor Vajubhai R. Vala to consider candidates belonging to SC and other Backward Classes communities for the Vice-Chancellors posts, which are vacant in the State-run Universities.