Nitish laments resignation of Nalanda Chancellor

November 25, 2016 22:15

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today expressed sadness over resignation of Chancellor of Nalanda University George Yoe, saying the events unfolding at the varsity show "an environment of confusion".

Yeo, earlier in the day, had submitted his resignation letter to President Pranab Mukherjee, Visitor of the university, saying the varsity's autonomy was being affected.

The former foreign minister of Singapore had succeeded economist and Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen as the second Chancellor of Nalanda University.

Kumar said, "The events unfolding at NU show which way the university is going and an environment of confusion has been created."

"If everybody associated with the NU from the beginning leave, the core value of 'Idea of Nalanda' would be affected," Kumar, who is closely associated with development of the University in Rajgir, said.

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