New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has criticised Jamia Millia Islamia University for its decision to drop Kerala capital Thiruvananthapuram from its list of examination centres, PTI reported.

Slamming Jamia Millia Islamia University, the Lok Sabha MP from Thiruvananthapuram, termed the move “extremely short-sighted”.

Tharoor said the step would create problems for students as Thiruvananthapuram was JMI’s only centre in the south.

“No explanation has been given to anybody, least the students. We had 550 students taking the exams last year in Thiruvananthapuram. Where will this year’s students go? Unless they (JMI) don’t want students from the south. It is an extremely short-sighted decision,” Tharoor told reporters on the sidelines of an event in Panaji, reported PTI.

The Congress leaders said he would write to the JMI vice-chancellor to protest the varsity’s decision.

“This has to change,” he asserted.

“We have to think about ourselves as one country and not just remain in our own little region. There are many from the south who want to study at JMI. Give them a chance,” he said, according to the PTI report.