'Don't misuse minority seats'

Colleges enjoying minority status have been warned to strictly follow minority quota norms, or else face the music, said minority welfare minister Areef Naseem Khan on Tuesday at Mantralaya.
The minority welfare department has cracked the whip against errant colleges by announcing that the list of unclaimed seats from the minority quota be put up to avoid malpractice.

In Maharashtra, 3,300 educational institutions enjoy linguistic and religious status. Junior and senior colleges run by these institutions are required to reserve 50 to 51% of seats for minority students. However, some institutions allegedly convert the minority quota seats into management seats under the pretext of an absence in demand.