Complete failure of BJP govt: Hry Cong chief
Rohtak, Dec. 5 -- Haryana Congress party president Rao Narendra Singh on Thursday said that UGC's Distance Education Bureau's (DEB) decision to declare Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) in Rohtak "ineligible" to offer online and distance learning courses for the academic year 2025-26 is not just an administrative lapse but complete failure of BJP government.
"This is not just an administrative lapse, but a complete failure of the BJP government and its education department. The government failed to monitor the university's accreditation process and could not ensure compliance with UGC regulations," he said.
In a press statement, Rao said that the university's NAAC accreditation expired on March 27, 2024, and despite that MDU administration provided false and misleading information to collect admission fees from students for the 2025-26 session. "Due to this mismanagement, the future of nearly 6,500 students has been pushed into deep uncertainty. National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) had also directed MDU to immediately remove accreditation details from its website and all public documents but the varsity continues to display the same on its website, which is a serious violation of rules," he added. HT reported on December 1 that the DEB found MDU "ineligible" to run open and distance learning and online programmes for 2025-26 under the UGC (Open and Distance Learning and Online Programmes) Regulations, 2020....
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