Outgoing Bihar governor Devanand Konwar has appointed one more VC and two pro-VCs, even as the demand for probe into the allegation that he took money for appointment of VC and pro-VCs in universities has intensified.
According to a notification issued late last evening, Anjani Kumar Sinha has been appointed VC of Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur university, Raja Ram has been made pro-VC of Patna University and Padmasha Jha has been chosen for the same post in Bihar University, Muzaffarpur.
Mr Konwar, facing protests from the ruling NDA over appointment of eight VCs and two pro-VCs, including that of Patna university Shambhunath Singh recently without consultation with the state government, has been transferred to Tripura by President Pranab Mukhe-rjee on March 9. According to the notification Mr Konwar would swap posts with D.Y. Patil. The Patna high court had earlier quashed appointment of six of the eight VCs by the governor on the ground that the state government was not consulted. But the same persons were later re-appointed. Chief minister Nitish Kumar has expressed displeasure over the unilateral appointments by the Chancellor. Deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi has demanded that the Centre probe the appointments made by Mr Konwar following allegation by Congress MLC Jyoti that `3 crore has been charged for appointment of a VC and `1 crore for pro-VC. Jyoti had made the allegation while the governor was addressing the joint session.