Singh who remained "adamant" all throughout as the controversy surrounding the programme unfolded was also under intense pressure from students seeking admissions to DU, as well as from different students' and teachers' bodies.
Over 2.7 lakh students have applied for admission to more than 54,000 seats in 64 colleges of the varsity.
A good number of them had come from other states and were putting up in hotels and with their relative in the hope that the stalemate will end soon.
The UGC letter sent late last night to DU serving the varsity an ultimatum to start admission under the three year programme, sought to expose the contradictions in the six-point proposal that DU had sent to UGC as a compromise formula.
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HRD ministry officials said the letter had left little scope for the beleaguered VC to pose a fresh challenge to continue with the four year programme.
The letter clearly mentioned that the necessary amendments for introduction of the four year programme were not even submitted to the visitor in terms of the applicable statutory provisions as informed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development.