Teachers’ body of Delhi University, DUTA, today attacked sharply on Prof. Deepak Pental and alleged that he was “illegally” sticking to the VC’s chair even after expiry of his term. The teachers’ body is observing ‘total strike’ in Delhi University from today.

“Prof. Deepak Pental has broken his own previous record of shamelessness. Never before in the history of Delhi University has a person clung to the office of Vice-Chancellor after the expiry of five-year term without any grant of extension by the Visitor. The shameful self-appointment has ceased to shock because he continues to violate the law of the land in delaying and derailing investigation into and action against the criminal sale of radioactive material as scrap”, alleged DUTA in a press conference today.

The teachers’ body also blamed the ministry of Human Resource Development for the situation. “The HRD Minister Kapil Sibal used to visit foreign universities but he does not give a look to Indian universities like Delhi University, where irregularities, violation of statutes and ordinances have become daily norms. The HRD minister has become a mute spectator in the whole episode”, DUTA President Aditya Narayan Mishra said. He said that teachers will hold a Dharna on September 13th and march to MHRD if the Prof. Pental continue with VC office ‘illegally’.