Assembly scraps Amritsar Khalsa University

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Friday passed the bill to repeal the Khalsa University Act. The Act passed by the previous Akali government in 2016 provided for opening a university on the premises of the historical Khalsa College in Amritsar.

The Punjab cabinet had last month passed an ordinance to scrap the legislation. It provided for admission of the affected students to “other appropriate educational institutes of the state as per their eligibility”.

Proposing the bill in the House on Friday, education minister Aruna Chaudhary said: “Khalsa College is a symbol of the rich Khalsa heritage and opening a university could have damaged its glorious past.”