A group of students from the Capital are planning to launch protests against the proposed increase in the quota for lower castes in academic institutions.
NEW DELHI: A group of students from the Capital said on Sunday they would launch protests against the government’s move to increase the scope of quota for lower castes in academic institutions.
“We, the middle and upper class, pay taxes and form the intellectual capital of the country and now the government is targeting us,” said Rishab Bhargav, a student of Amity College.
As the government had failed to provide better primary education, it was now trying to compensate by providing reservations, he told a press conference on behalf of nine students under the banner of ‘United Students’.
Under a new proposal made by Union Human Resources Minister Arjun Singh this week, 27 percent reservations will be provided for Other Backward Castes (OBC) in all education institutes including centres of excellence.
Said Dhruv Suri of Indraprastha College: “A 50 percent quota is against the fundamental principles of human rights as well as constitutional rights of equal opportunities.”
“We want the government to be responsible and accountable for its lack of efficiency and take remedial actions rather than covering up their flaws through such blatantly unfair means,” he added.
Suri said the group of students was not against due benefits to lower caste students. “The government should give them scholarships or monetary help to study but reservations is not the way.”
The students said though their group was small in number, they had started an SMS and e-mail campaign, and were requesting people to come out in support.
“We are requesting all students to come out against this decision,” said Jasleen of Indraprastha College.
“We have started receiving good response from most colleges, including the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here,” she added.
“If all the students in the country take to the streets then the government will have to listen to us. No party can go against the voices of millions of students.”
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