Ahead of Poll Code, Centre asks Higher Educational Institutions to Screen PM Modi's Class
Basant Kumar Mohanty | 12 March 2024 | The Telegraph
The Centre has asked higher educational institutions (HEIs) to organise programmes to screen Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech on semiconductors on Wednesday in a move that comes ahead of the enforcement of the model code of conduct.Modi will connect with the students, most of whom are first-time voters, as he lays down the foundation stone of semiconductor facilities in Dholera and Sanand in Gujarat and Morigaon in Assam.Some faculty members have accused the government of interfering with the autonomy of HEIs by imposing such a “propaganda programme”. The ministry of education has written to all the institutions to put out Viksit Bharat posters with pictures of Modi at the programme venues. The ministry wants the institutions under its control to send compliance reports after the event….