JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy on Sunday urged Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar to take measures to grant recognition for the Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) at the earliest in the interest of students.

KSOU has fulfilled all the conditions imposed by the University Grants Commission. The life and future of three lakh students who have taken admissions in the university are in jeopardy. The Union Minister should intervene on the issue and take measures to ensure that recognition is granted to the university, the JD(S) leader added in a letter to Javadekar.

Kumaraswamy termed as deplorable and condemnable the reported statement by Karnataka Higher Education Minister Basavaraj Rayareddi that the university may be wound up.

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