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Hamirpur MP and BCCI president Anurag Thakur on Tuesday met Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar and requested him to expedite the laying of foundation stone for Central University in Dehra in Kangra district.
“The meeting with Prakash Javadekar was to request him to speed up the process for setting up the headquarters at Dehra as per the original notification,” Thakur said.
Thakur was accompanied by Ravinder Ravi, former minister and MLA from Dehra, and Randhir Sharma, MLA from Bilaspur.
The three-time MP further added that Javadekar has assured him of quick action into the matter.
“I am glad to inform that Prakash Javadekar has given positive assurance that he will look into the matter sympathetically and expedite the decision,” he said.
Thakur attacked the Congress-led Himachal Pradesh government for the stagnant situation.
“In April 2010, under the aegis of the UPA government at the Centre, Himachal Central University was allotted 70 per cent campus and headquarters in Dehra and 30 per cent in Dharamshala,” he said, adding that “the Congress-led Himachal government took charge in December, 2012 and since then, has made every attempt to reverse the share of allocation done by the UPA government.”
“This attitude of the state government has led to the delay in the construction of permanent campus of Himachal Central University, leading the students at a temporary campus at Shahpur,” he added.
Dehra in Kangra district falls under Hamirpur Parliamentary constituency represented by Thakur.
The Himachal government wants to set up the Central University in Dharamshala, the administrative headquarters of the district. The matter is hanging for the past eight years.
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