[Amritsar,Punjab]Capt. Amarinder Warns SAD Govt.For Amritsar’sHeritage Khalsa University
Congress Chief Captain Amarinder Singh today claimed Majithia family is trying to “usurp and dilute” the heritage status of the Khalsa College here by converting it into a private university and asked the state government not to use its “brute majority” to take steps favouring the move.If They Do It Through Aact Then Congress government will repeal the act in 2017 and restore the heritage status of the college,”
Notably, the Khalsa College Governing Council (KCGC) had announced to set up Khalsa University Amritsar (KUA) to provide “quality education” to students.
The Governing council, led by KCGC President Satyajit Singh Majithia, has come under fire after it proposed to set up a Khalsa University Amritsar.
“Khalsa College is the part of our great heritage and history and not the private property of the Majithias to be usurped”, he alleged.
Recalling his family’s and his personal association with the Khalsa College, Amritsar, the former Punjab Chief Minister said, while his grandfather Maharaja Bhupinder Singh and father Maharaja Yadvinder Singh were its chancellors from 1927 to 1952, he was himself its Chancellor between 1972 and 1978.
“It is not me or my family alone, every Punjabi has a sentimental association with Khalsa College, which is one of the exceptional symbols of our great and glorious heritage and the Majithias for their petty interests are trying to usurp it which will not be allowed at any cost,”