5 months ago
2
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin connected Thursday (January 29, 2026) said the provisions successful the UGC (Promotion of Equity successful Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026, seeking to dismantle caste favoritism and see OBCs wrong this framework, deserved support. The Union authorities indispensable not let unit to dilute these regulations oregon their halfway objectives, helium said.
“As seen during the implementation of reservations based connected the #MandalCommission recommendations, the contiguous #UGC_Rollback backlash is driven by the aforesaid regressive mindset. The Union Government indispensable not let specified unit to dilute these regulations oregon their halfway objectives,” Mr. Stalin said successful a societal media post.
The University Grants Commission’s regulations were a “delayed but invited step” successful reforming a higher acquisition strategy scarred by deep-rooted favoritism and organization apathy, helium said. Since the BJP came to powerfulness astatine the Union level, determination has been a disposable emergence successful pupil suicides wrong the Indian higher acquisition institutions, peculiarly among Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students, Mr. Stalin contended.
“This has been accompanied by repeated attacks and harassment targeting students from South India, Kashmir, and number communities. In this context, equity safeguards are not a substance of prime but an unavoidable necessity,” helium added. Cases similar the termination of Rohith Vemula successful University of Hyderabad, wherever V-Cs themselves faced allegations, “made it hard to spot however Equity Committees chaired by organization heads tin relation independently,” particularly erstwhile galore higher acquisition institutions are led by RSS supporters, helium alleged.
“If the Union BJP authorities is superior astir preventing pupil deaths, ending discrimination, and reducing dropout rates among students from backward communities, these regulations indispensable not lone beryllium strengthened but besides revised to code their structural gaps, and enforced with existent accountability," Mr. Stalin further said.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is disposable connected the State’s wellness helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416. and Sneha’s termination prevention helpline 044-24640050)
