August 1, 2016
D Bandyopadhyay speaks on The National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Bill, 2016
Sir, the business of the Opposition is to oppose but breaking that rule, I stand here today to support. While supporting the Bill, I want to make a couple of suggestions regarding the HRD policy itself. Using make-up on the outside will not help you mask the disease within. I am taking this opportunity to say a few words about the HRD policy itself.
Sir, the HRD policy in our country should be such that any citizen of India of any ethnic origin or any language or any religion should feel the policy is also for him or her. Therefore, I would say that the HRD policy should be secular, pluralistic, minority-friendly and every Indian citizen should feel that he or she has some benefit to get from the HRD policy.
Sir, I would like to say only one more thing. Generally, I speak critically about the government but this time I would also support it. IITs in India (particularly I know of IIT Kharagpur in West Bengal) have set up a beautiful example of how an institute of national importance has to be run. So I would expect that other good institutions should emulate the IITs and try to run as efficiently as they do.
Thank you, Sir.
