A major confrontation is brewing over the Centre’s plan to introduce the Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) Bill during the ongoing session of Parliament. CPI(M) MP John Brittas has formally urged Union Ministers Kiren Rijiju and Dharmendra Pradhan to pause the legislative push, warning that the government is attempting to advance a sweeping regulatory overhaul without transparency. According to the PTI report, Brittas wrote to the ministers, flagging that the draft bill has not been released in the public domain and that no consultations have taken place with state governments, universities, teachers’ bodies, or students. He stressed that pushing the bill forward without scrutiny would violate democratic norms and expose the higher-education sector to “far-reaching consequences

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