Veteran lyricist Gulzar will not be conferred the honorary D.Litt. degree by the Allahabad University tomorrow (8th November) at its convocation ceremony for 2018-19 and 2019-20 as the Union ministry of education has not given the required permission for the same. Obviously, therefore, the famed song writer will not attend the convocation ceremony.
The decision to honour Gulzar with the degree was taken by the varsity’s academic and executive councils. Following this, a proposal was sent to the Union ministry of education. However, the ministry did not approve it.