BHU Vice Chancellor, Girish Chandra Tripathi has said that he will “resign” if he will be asked to go on leave adding that that the HRD ministry had not told him to do so. Reportedly, the ministry has initiated a routine process to choose the successor of Tripathi. His tenure ends on 30 November.
Tripathi is at the center of the controversy over the handling of the recent violence in Banaras Hindu University (BHU) campus. “So far, nothing of this sort has been communicated to me. I have been in touch with the HRD Minister (Prakash Javadekar) right from the day of the incident and have briefed him about the situation as well as the measures taken. But if am I asked to go on leave, I will resign,” he told PTI.
The VC further said that he has contributed a lot to enhance the functioning of the university. “Having done so much, it will be insulting to go on leave two months before my tenure comes to end. I will prefer quitting,” he said.
As per ministry officials, the process for appointing his successor has been initiated.
Last week, a number of students, including women were injured after a lathi-charge by the police. The students were protesting against an alleged eve-teasing incident. But it turned violent in BHU, one of the 43 central universities in the country, after the student-police clash.
Soon, the varsity’s Chief Proctor ON Singh resigned, taking “moral responsibility.”
