LUCKNOW, Sept. 4 -- Apni Janata Party chief and former Uttar Pradesh minister Swami Prasad Maurya has urged CM Yogi Adityanath to intervene in the matter related to reservation for SC/ST students in four government medical colleges in the state.

Speaking to the press at his residence in Lucknow on Thursday, Maurya claimed, "There was a reservation policy for SC/ST in places where their population was more than 50%. That is why 79% reservation was being given to them in four medical colleges of the state."

"Even today there is 80% reservation for minorities in AMU. Also in southern states, reservation ranges from 60% to 79%. If it is valid in those states, it should also be valid in Uttar Pradesh too," Maurya claimed.

"Those representin...