The incident of “wrong enrollment” of a Ph.D pursuant at Panjab University seems to have taken a political colour. The candidate, Vijay Dhanda, being the wife of an Akali leader and Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Punjab, Harish Dhanda, rumours doing the rounds on the campus suggest that it’s the political pressure that is keeping the senior officials from deciding the matter.

Meanwhile, the incident which had brought under cloud the Dean University Instructions (DUI) Prof SC Vaidya for making ‘wrong enrollment’ has now names of Deans Arts Faculty Prof B S Ghuman and Senator and faculty member at varsity Prof N K Ohja coming in. While Dean Arts faculty had approved the case of PhD and recommended it to DUI, the Senator is said to have close association with the pursuant. Generally it’s the chairperson who is enough for approving PhD enrollment however; in this case it was referred to Dean who further recommended it to DUI.

Though Prof Ghuman could not be contacted today for his comment, however earlier speaking to Newsline, he had said that if he would have approved anything that would be on record and as per rules. He had commented that he had never done anything out of favouritism for anyone.

Meanwhile, Prof NK Ohja said, “I am associated with the pursuant as I am a senator and my job is to help all those who need help in this varsity. Her case is absolutely correct and no wrong decision has been taken. Since she has not been communicated about the cancellation, I would not like to make any comments”.

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