S R Somesh, BJP taluk general secretary warned of protests, if Kodagu University which was set up during previous BJP government is facing closure due to the recommendations of a cabinet subcommittee constituted to study the functioning and financial conditions of public universities in Karnataka.
S R Somesh, opines that the most of funds are used by the government for the guarantee schemes as a result, development works are not being taken. Even the government is not in position to pay the salaries of government employees. He also condemns that the Congress government has failed to release funds for the Kodagu University as per the recommendations of cabinet subcommittee.
Due to the hard work and the efforts of the then MLAs Appachu Ranjan and KG Bopaiah, the BJP government announced a separate university for Kodagu. Now he questions if Kodagu University closed down, what will the future of poor students who were studying will be inconvenienced. This will further affect future generation of Kodagu .
