Khalsa College: Majithia hits out at Punjab Congress chief

Khalsa College Governing Council President Satyajit Singh Majithia today hit out at Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh for "gatecrashing" the institute saying he had "stooped low" and was telling lies for petty political gains.
Majithia said he was "saddened" to hear the way Amarinder "behaved" at Khalsa College where he "stormed and gatecrashed" on Wednesday when the institute was open for academic activities.
He claimed that the security staff has made written complaints regarding "misbehavior" by the local MP's security men when they snatched keys to storm into the college campus.
Amarinder during his visited to the college yesterday, had to take an alternative route to enter the campus as after learning about his proposed visit, the management blocked the main gate.

Majithia said Amarinder, whom his father Surjit Singh Majithia had made Chancellor of the institution, behaved like a "petty uninformed politician" and forcibly entered the institution, vitiating the academic atmosphere by making frivolous insinuations.
"Does he not know the Governing Council is functioning as per the 125-year-old constitution. Is he oblivious to the fact that the present management in a short span of 11 years has added nine professional colleges and one school to impart education in fields which have great employment potential," Majithia said.

"How can he (Amarinder) not understand that the need to further raise the education levels to cover M.Phil, Ph.D, Masters courses and providing facilities for research by upgrading libraries and laboratories is not education enhancement," he said.

By reaching the requisite standard for University, we will be free to collaborate with the best institutes in the world to provide the best education. We cannot do this without becoming an independent University, Majithia said.
"We have spent close to Rs 90 crore for facilities to enhance education in professional fields to university levels here at the campus adjoining the main Khalsa College," he said.
"How can any normal person suggest not to upgrade when the facilities have been created by hard work and go about setting up a University where you do not even have an inch of land," Majithia said.

Notably, the Khalsa College Governing Council (KCGC) had announced to set up Khalsa University Amritsar (KUA) to provide "quality education" to students.