OBC quota in medical colleges late step aimed at electoral benefits: Mayawati
The Hindu
Had the Centre taken the decision earlier, the students would have benefitted a lot, says the BSP chief
The Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati on Friday said the came late and it is now being perceived as aimed at reaping electoral benefits. The BSP supremo also said her party has been demanding filling up the backlog in the reserved category seats in government jobs, but the Centre and the government in Uttar Pradesh and other States have been indifferent to it. In a tweet in Hindi, the BSP chief said, "Declaration of OBC quota in all-India UG and PG seats of government medical colleges in the country is a very late step. Had the Centre taken the decision earlier, they would have benefitted a lot by now, but now people see this decision as having been taken to serve electoral interests."
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