Observing that the Governor was only a nominated executive, Minister for Higher Education K. Ponmudy in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly on Monday said the Chief Minister should be made the Chancellor of State Universities.
“What is wrong in naming the Chief Minister as Chancellor? Who is the Governor? He is only a nominated executive. But, he [the Chief Minister] is a popularly elected executive. The Chief Minister and the Council of Ministers are elected by the people, but the Governor is only a nominated executive,” Mr. Ponmudy said.
Referring to how Vice-Chancellors in Gujarat are appointed by the State and not the Governor, the Minister asked: “The BJP members should have been here to hear this. They should ask Prime Minister Modi what is wrong in other States doing the same. They [BJP members] should go to Gujarat and ask the same question there.”
