New Delhi: Activist Yogendra Yadav was today sacked from the UGC for being a member of Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party as the government said his association with the apex body of higher education may give a scope for its “future politicisation”.
He was served a show cause notice on September 4 by the HRD Ministry citing conflict of interest “as his antecedents and credentials at the time of his appointment in 2011 and now stand substantially altered”.
In its order, the Ministry said, “The central government in pursuance of powers vested under Rule 6 of UGC (Disqualification, Retirement and Conditions of Service of the Members) Rules 1992 hereby retires Yogendra Yadav from the post of member UGC with immediate effect.”
Yadav, an officer bearer of AAP and his association with UGC as a member, having created a conflict of interest, may not only set a dangerous precedent, “it may even scope for future politicisation of UGC and its academic decision making”, the order said.
