Lokesh Rubbishes Charge of Threatening V-Cs

RUBBISHING the allegations of the YSRCP MLCs that the TDP-led NDA government threatened the Vice-Chancellors to tender their resignations from their posts, HRD and IT Minister Nara Lokesh requested the AP Legislative Council Chairman to refer the matter to the Privileges Committee.

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The Council on Tuesday witnessed a high-voltage drama with the Opposition YSRCP leaders charging the government of threatening and forcing the resignations of V-Cs appointed during the previous government. With Leader of Opposition Botcha Satyanarayana demanding an inquiry saying that the Chairman of AP State Council for Higher Education issued oral instructions to the V-Cs to submit resignations, Lokesh, armed with copies of their resignation letters, demanded the YSRCP MLCs to show the word 'threatened' in the lette