Proposal for JNU V-C second term voted out

The Executive Council (EC) of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Tuesday voted out the proposal to amend the JNU Act that would have allowed a second term to its present Vice-Chancellor B B Bhattacharya. The proposal was not on the agenda but was taken up since a previous EC meeting on April 6 had deferred a decision on the matter after intense debate. V-C reportedly did not make any comments during Tuesday’s meeting,it was therefore not passed. The University community has been demonstrating over the matter —recent weeks have seen protest marches,pamphleteering and even a referendum by students on the question of whether the V-C should have a second term. Of the 2,741 students who had voted in the referendum,2,563 voted against a second term for the V-C.