Mayawati backs UGC Equity Committees, urges caution against political provocation
Lucknow, Jan. 28 -- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has come out in support for the University Grants Commission's (UGC) decision to mandate the formation of "Equity Committees" in government colleges and private universities to address caste-based discrimination in higher educational institutions, and called the opposition by sections of the society against it "completely unjustified."In a statement posted on X on Wednesday, Mayawati said that the move by certain sections of the general category, who view the policy as discriminatory or conspiratorial against them, is "completely unjustified." She emphasised that the objective of the Equity Committees is to ensure fairness and social justice in educational spaces, not to target an...
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