RANCHI, March 17 -- The Jharkhand Assembly on Tuesday cleared the Jharkhand State University Bill 2026, which provides for the Governor and the chief minister to jointly select and appoint vice-chancellors of the state universities.

Currently, the governor appoints VCs in the state universities, as the governor is the de facto chancellor. In August last year, the Hemant Soren government introduced the Jharkhand State University Bill 2025, which was passed during the monsoon session. The Bill proposed transferring the power to appoint VCs from the governor to the chief minister.

The governor sent it back to the state for reconsideration. On Tuesday, the government withdrew the 2025 Bill and introduced this new Bill, which the Assembly pa...