UP CM Adityanath calls for caste-based reservation in AMU a day after SC paved way for minority tag
‘How can an institution which runs with the taxes of Indians not give any reservation to the people of SCs, STs and OBCs,’ said BJP leader.
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A day after the Supreme Court paved the way for Aligarh Muslim University to be termed a minority institution, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Adityanath on Saturday asked why the institute does not offer caste-based reservation, reported ANI.
“You must have seen yesterday the Supreme Court was hearing a matter on whether Aligarh Muslim University should be made a minority university or should it remain as a general institution,” said Adityanath while speaking at an election rally in the Khair reserved seat of Aligarh district.
He added: “How is it possible that an institution which runs with the taxes of the people of India does not give any reservation to the people of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes, but they try to arrange for 50% reservation for Muslims there through their own means and this is the case going on.”
Reserved for a Scheduled Caste candidate, Khair will go to polls on November 20.
In India, most government-funded educational institutions reserve 15% of the seats for Scheduled Caste candidates, 7.5% of seats for Scheduled Tribe candidates, 27% of seats for Other Backward Classes and 10% of seats are reserved for Economically Weaker Sections.
On Friday, the top court overruled its 1967 judgement, which had held that...
