March 26, 2025
Lok Sabha MP Sougata Ray’s speech on The “Tribhuvan” Sahkari University, 2025
: Madam, I rise to speak on the Tribhuvan Sahakari University Bill, 2025, which has been brought by … Shri Amit Shah. … यह अच्छीबात हैजक अजमत िाह जीहोम जमजनस्टर होतेहुए भी उन्होंने यूजनवजसिटी केबारेमेंध्यान जदया। बीजेपी सेपहलेजो माननीय सदस्य बोल रहेथे, उनका भािण मझुेअच्छा लगा। जत्रभवुन दास पटेल जी नेगजुरात मेंकॉऑपरजेटव मूवमेंट की प्रजतष्ठा की थी। माननीय सदस्य नेउनकेबारेमेंअच्छा बोला। यह सही काम हुआ जक जत्रभवुन सहकारी यूजनवजसिटी जबल आयाहै। जत्रभवुन दास जी को जवाहर लाल केसमय भारत सरकार नेपदमश्री जदया था। उनको मैग्सैसेप्राइज भी जमला था। मझुेआियिहुआ जक बीजेपी के सदस्य नेउनकेबारेमेंबोला। उन्होंने जत्रभवुन दास जी की बात जरूर बोलाी, लेजकन असल मेंजजन्होंनेअमूल मेंटेजक्नकल काम जकया, उनके नाम का उल्लेख नहीं जकया। उनका नाम वगीज कुररयन था। It was Kurien who gave shape to Amul. He was a dairy technologist, educated abroad. He joined up with this co-operative to give strength. Madam, I do not know if you like films. The best film on co-operative was made by Shri Shyam Benegal, who passed away recently. Its name was Manthan. And it was starred by Shri Naseeruddin Shah and Smita Patil, who is not with us anymore. If you saw the movement,how slowly milk farmers were persuaded to join the co-operative, and how the co-operative became a big success, you would have realized that Shri Tribhuvandas Ji was a Congressmanandnot a BJP man. He did things in his own way, but it was the addition of a dairy technologist who changed Amul totally. Today, Amul is dominating in the Indian market. Amul is for milk. Amul is also for ice cream. Amul makes all the products related to the dairy industry, from ghee to butter to dahi to paneer, everything. It is the success story of this country. अजमत िाह जी यह जबल लायेहैं। यह अच्छी बात है, लेजकन मझुेयह डर हैजक इस जबल को लानेके बाद अमूल की जो स्वतंत्रता और ऑटोनॉमी है, वह कोऑपरजेटव मूवमेंट का लाइफ प्लान है, वह उसेलेलेगी। The BJP Government does not believe in autonomy, it believes in centralization of power. सेन्रलाइजेिन के नाम परइसकीस्वतंत्रता और ऑटोनॉमी नहीं जानी चाजहए। My friend Bhartruhari Mahtab ji is saying that is a university not an institute. But it is entirely based on the Institute of Rural Management Anand. Dr. Kurien along with Ananda Dairy set up an Institute of Rural Management. Till date, that is the only institute imparting training to managers working for cooperatives and such organisations. Now that is being wholesale converted into a university. It is becoming a university, but there is nothing new. The structure is already there. The Institute of Rural Management Anand is the only institute producing technical people for managing the rural problems, including unemployment. यह जो जबल प्रस्ततु हुआ है, इसमेंआप देखेंगेजक स्टैंडडि यूजनवजसिटी मेंजो कुछ होता है, वह सबइसमेंहै। The objects of the University have been defined. The appointment of Chancellor has been defined. How the Vice-Chancellor will be appointed is defined. There is appointment of a Director. I do not know why they need a Vice-Chancellor and a Director at the same time. But they are doing it. It will create two centres of power and thus lead to conflicts in future. The appointment of Dean will again create another centre of power because the Dean will look after all academic matters. Then, there is appointment of Controller of Examinations, Librarian, etc. यह तो हर यूजनवजसिटी मेंहोता है। Where is this very special? …आप कुछ बोल रहेहैं, बोजलए न।… Madam, I am not yielding. Nishikant ji is in favour of creating disruption for the Opposition. … Normally the Ruling Party should let the Opposition speak. But Nishikant ji has been tasked with the duty of disrupting Opposition’s speeches. यह नहीं करना चाजहए।… मैडम, यहां अलग-अलग काउंजसल्स बनी हैं। There is Capacity Building Council; there is Assessment and Improvement Council; there is Research and Development Council, and then there is a Board for Affiliation. This is because the extra in this Bill is that you have an Institute of Rural Management in Anand. That will act as the vertex. From this vertex, we will spin out further institutes which will promote cooperative education and cooperative management. This is a good idea because in Maharashtra, there is an example of successful cooperatives, that of the sugar cooperatives, which are powerful in itself. But we need to put more managerial input in the Maharashtra sugar mills. Also in Uttar Pradesh, there are a large number of sugar mills. We should see that in Uttar Pradesh, this is managed by cooperatives. The cooperatives should run with the help of trained managers, trained at one of the Amul degrees. Madam, I know that you are shaking your head, which means that according to you my time is over. But I crave your indulgence to have a little more time. All I want to say is this. Mr. Amit Shah is known as the … कसी कोहटानाहै, जकसी को लानाहै, वही करतेहैं। केवल एक बात बोलकर खत्म करूं गा। The main thing of a university is autonomy. It should have academic autonomy. It should have administrative autonomy. It should have managerial autonomy. The Central Government should not interfere in the affairs of the universities. If they promise that they will not do so, I will support the Bill. Thank you, Madam.
