NEHUTA accuses VC of adopting a Goebblesian strategy of telling lies over election of new body

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaAugust 12, 2020

The North Eastern Hill University Teachers’ Association (NEHUTA) has termed the claim of the university authority that the election of the present body was unconstitutional as a “Goebblsian lie”.

“The said press release claimed that constitution of election committee of NEHUTA for the year 2020-21 is not approved by NEHUTA general body, a Goebblsian lie that would even shame Goebbles,” NEHUTA president, Prof XP Mao said in a statement issued on Tuesday.

This came a day after NEHU PRO, G Umdor had informed that the NEHU authority had declared the election and the executive committee of the NEHU Teachers’ Association (NEHUTA) for the term 2020-2021 as unconstitutional and null and void.

Prof Mao however said repeatedly, the incumbent Vice-Chancellor Prof SK Srivastava has been following a Goebblesian strategy of telling a lie hundred times, thousand times and many times to turn it into truth!

He said the false claim about NEHUTA executive committee not being valid after one year term of office is over deliberately suppresses constitutional provision that the executive committee can continue in unavoidable circumstances until the new executive committee takes over.

“The so called press release in the name of University overtly misrepresented the Constitutional Provisions of NEHUTA, which allows for continuance of an elected body until the new elected body takes over,” Prof Mao said.

He further informed that the constitution of election committee falls purely within the domain of internal functioning of NEHUTA’s general body and as a metter of fact, the general body has approved the constitution of Election committees for both the year 2019-20 and 2020-21.

“So the claim of the administration that the Election Committee is constituted without approval from the General Body is unfair, false and baseless. This clearly evidences the Goebblesian motive of the outgoing Vice-Chancellor Prof.S.K.Srivastava. The Election committee for the year 2020-21 constituted by its general body from its very first meeting held in May, 2019 is in place to conduct any election throughout 2020-21,” he said.

“Just because NEHUTA has been pointing to blatant violation of Act, statute and ordinances of the University by Prof Srivastava, he and his cohort wanted to be vindictive towards NEHUTA for exposing their serious misdemeanor and the litany of financial and academic impropriety by the said

Vice-Chancellor, he has resorted to public display of misrepresentation of facts about NEHU Teachers’ Association,” Prof Mao alleged.

He also maintained that the elected body of NEHUTA is in office with due election process and with unanimous approval of NEHUTA General Body as per the mandate of its Constitution.

As a constitutional watchdog body, he said the NEHUTA’s role in getting very serious lapses committed by the Vice-Chancellor in getting corrected during his whole four years and eleven months tenure to the notice of Authorities has incurred the wrath of an errant, incorrigible and corrupt Vice-Chancellor. The Vice-Chancellor’s dictatorial attitude towards academic Department by removing two heads has resulted into legal action by the National Women’s Commission.

“The attempt by the Vice-Chancellor in intimidating former members of NEHU executive Council in the case of a local indigenous Woman Professor has been duly taken note by both Schedule Tribes Commission and National Womens’ Commission,” he said.