The Khalsa College row took a serious turn with the management committee placing three teachers under suspension for ‘misconduct’ with immediate effect.
The teachers who have been suspended are — Prof Daljit Singh, physical education teacher and secretary of the Khalsa College Teachers Union (KCTU), Dr JS Arora, Vice-President of KCTU, and Dr HB Singh, the teachers’ representative in the management. There are reports that the management’s decision to suspend these teachers faced opposition from some members of the governing council, but it chose to go ahead with it.
PCCTU secretary HS Walia, who is spearheading the agitation, said they would boycott the evaluation work of the Guru Nanak Dev University . A PCCTU release issued here said, “We warn the state government that if the suspension orders of these teachers are not immediately withdrawn, we would boycott the ongoing exams in Punjab and Chandigarh." Interestingly, after suspending the teachers, the management also resolved to make all efforts to build the consensus among the Sikh community over the issue.
The resolution came in a meeting of the management committee which was held after Khalsa College Governing Council Chancellor Raj Mohinder Singh Majitha shot off a missive to council chairman Satyajit Singh Majithia and honorary secretary Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina seeking a clarification over the private university proposal. However, a council member said the meeting was already scheduled and it had nothing to do with the Chancellor's letter.
