Arjun 'no' to relook at reservation

NEW DELHI: Unfazed by street protests over the issue of OBC quota, HRD Minister Arjun Singh, on Sunday rejected suggestions for a relook into the proposals for reservation in elite educational institutions and said it was upto Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to decide when to bring the matter to the Cabinet.

Singh, projecting himself as the champion of the cause, however, left it to the Union Cabinet and Parliament to take a decision on the matter.

"This is entirely for the Cabinet to decide. As soon as the Prime Minister allows it come in the Cabinet, a decision will be taken", he told reporters who wanted to whether the Bill in this regard would come up in the ongoing brief session of Parliament.

The Minister said he is ready to talk to the agitating students. ''I will always talk to protesting students.''

Criticising the National Knowledge Commission headed  by Sam Pitroda, he said '' With all due respect to the great  Knowledge Commission, I must point out to them that they are not  above the Constitution. They do not need to speak to any of us.''