New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- BJP MP in Rajya Sabha and Chairman of Bar Council of India, Manan Kumar Mishra, criticised the University Grants Commission's (UGC) new regulations to curb caste-based discrimination in colleges and universities, stating that educational institutions will become "centres of controversy."

Speaking to ANI on Tuesday, Manan Kumar Mishra stated that a complaint over a "petty fight" could spoil a student's life.

The Bar Council Chairman said, "It is not good to drag educational institutions into controversies. A controversy has been broiled which was not needed at all. There are strict laws against ragging. But what I suspect, and what people are not saying openly, is that after these regulations, educational institutio...