Cong MP meets President, demands removal of Visva-Bharati VC

Senior Congress leader from West Bengal and Rajya Sabha MP Pradeep Bhattacharya today met President Pranab Mukherjee demanding the removal of Visva-Bharati vice-chancellor Sushanta Dattagupta, claiming that the university has been "losing its glory" under him.
"I expressed my displeasure at the way the vice-chancellor was functioning. The situation is deteriorating in the campus under his leadership and the university is losing its glory by the day," Bhattcharya said.
The MP's meeting with the President, who is the Visitor to the varsity, came against the backdrop of reports that the HRD Ministry is planning to show-cause the VC based on the findings of a panel, which had indicted him for several improprieties, including financial irregularities.

In its report submitted to the Ministry, the three-member panel took cognisance of several enquiries and complaints against Dattagupta including alleged misappropriation of funds.
Dattagupta has been accused of appointing a Controller of Examinations despite having no powers to do so and sanctioning key posts in violation of the Visva-Bharati Act.
A section of teachers and students in the varsity had been demanding the VC's removal.
The charges against Dattagupta had been raised in Parliament during the last Winter Session by Bhattacharya who had demanded action against him.