Shimla, April 4 -- The Himachal Pradesh Youth Congress (HPYC) President, Chhatter Singh Thakur, on Friday called the appointment of Rajeshwar Singh Chandel as Vice-Chancellor of Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry "unconstitutional and illegal", and demanded his resignation on moral grounds.

Addressing a press conference at Rajiv Bhawan in Shimla, Chhatter Singh Thakur alleged that Rajeshwar Singh Chandel was appointed as Vice-Chancellor on May 6, 2022, in clear violation of Section 24 of the University Act, which mandates the inclusion of the Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in the selection committee--a condition not fulfilled in this case.

He cited that a similar "flawed" proces...