Chennai, Jan. 21 -- Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Monday wrote to Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan urging the withdrawal of the draft UGC (United Grants Commission) regulation and in a separate letter he urged his counterparts in non-BJP ruled states to pass resolutions against the Centre's move.

"These guidelines are a clear infringement on the rights of state governments and will have far-reaching consequences on the autonomy of our universities," Stalin told the chief ministers of New Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab, Telangana and West Bengal. "It is crucial that we stand united against these attempts to centralize power and undermine the federal structure of our cou...