Did the HRD minister Mr. Arjun Singh hoodwink CM Naveen Patnaik on the IIT issue?
Sambada has a nice analysis on how Arjun Singh has hoodwinked CM Naveen Patnaik. The main point is that in the Lok sabha one of the HRD minister already said that the MHRD has already sent in its recommendation on the IITs in the 11th plan to the planning commission. So Arjun Singh’s assurance to reconsider when sending his recommendation to the planning commission for the 11th plan does not make any sense. He has already made his recommendation! If he had said he will reconsider MHRD’s decision then it would have made sense. But he did not say that!
Sambada follows up with the above opening with an analysis of how MHRD has been biased against Orissa during the last UPA term. This analysis and a similar analysis by Samaja (both were probably fed by Tathya.in) are based on the initial tabulation of fully MHRD funded marquee institutions in our article “MHRD discriminates against Orissa: You be the judge!”
May 17th, 2007