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MS University takes no action on ragging TNN | May 19, 2014, 12.46 PM IST

VADODARA: Politics is influencing M S University (MSU) to such an extent that it is simply not bothered to take action on serious issues like ragging or marks scam.

A report on the ragging episode that rocked the campus in March this year is ready since a month. But it was not placed before the university's syndicate. The syndicate members themselves were not interested to discuss it on Saturday, so it seemed.

This report recommends punitive action against BJP Yuva Morcha leaders, who have been found guilty in the ragging incident. But sources suggest that the report was not brought before the syndicate because the BJP-RSS group, which has majority in the syndicate wanted to avoid a political controversy at a time when the state BJP unit is celebrating victory of the party in the Lok Sabha elections. The BJP-RSS group otherwise is keen on taking action against the BJP Yuva Morcha leaders, with whom it has been at loggerheads.

At the same time, the university has also not sought any report from Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU) where in the MBBS marks scam the alleged role of dean of Baroda Medical College A T Leuva has come under scrutiny.

VNSGU's syndicate is going ahead with a police complaint in the MBBS marks scam. A report by the inquiry committee constituted by VNSGU has revealed that Leuva had allegedly asked examiner Gunvant Vaishnav, a faculty at Gotri Medical College of Vadodara, to increase marks of a VNSGU student — Paresh Zala in gynaecology papers.

While VNSGU authorities have taken strict action against the student and the examiner and lodged a police complaint to further probe the entire scam, MSU officials are simply not bothered even as both Leuva and Vaishnav are directly connected with MSU.

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