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CPI(M) MP urges Yogi Adityanath to restore medical college quota
A rule once said that in four special medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh, 70 out of every 100 seats were saved for students from groups that have faced unfair treatment for a very long time.
These colleges were built with special government money meant to help those students.
A court called the Allahabad High Court said this amount was too big.
It told the state to give seats according to an older rule, where no group can get more than half of the seats.
Some people who believed the 70-seat rule was important got worried.
A leader named K Radhakrishnan wrote a letter to the chief minister, Yogi Adityanath.
He asked him to use the law to bring the 70 seats back.
He even told a story about Kerala, a state that fought in court to protect its seats for these students and won.
The leader said taking away the seats would make things harder for children who already face many barriers.
CPI(M) Lok Sabha leader K Radhakrishnan wrote to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on August 13 urging restoration of the 70% SC/ST reservation.
The colleges in Kannauj, Jalaun, Ambedkar Nagar and Saharanpur were established under the Special Component Plan and Tribal Sub-Plan with 70% reservation for SC/ST students.
The Allahabad High Court's Lucknow bench nullified the state's orders and directed that seats be filled afresh under the Reservation Act of 2006, keeping the 50% ceiling.
Radhakrishnan alleged that the Uttar Pradesh government supported the removal of the special reservation arrangement before the Allahabad High Court.
He cited Kerala's successful legal defence of SC/ST medical reservations and urged the UP government to take all legally permissible steps to protect the quota.
- Who
- CPI(M) Lok Sabha leader K Radhakrishnan, who wrote to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
- What
- Urging the restoration of the 70% SC/ST reservation in four government medical colleges after the Allahabad High Court nullified the over-70% reservation orders.
- Where
- Uttar Pradesh, India; the affected colleges are in Kannauj, Jalaun, Ambedkar Nagar and Saharanpur districts.
- When
- The letter was dated August 13; the report was published on August 14.
- Why
- To protect access to medical education for historically disadvantaged SC/ST students and uphold the objectives of SCP and TSP funding.
Pro-70% Reservation View
50% Ceiling / State Position
Reservation limit in special colleges
Pro-70% Reservation View
The 70% SC/ST reservation in SCP/TSP-funded medical colleges should not be judged against the general 50% ceiling, given the specific objectives of the funding and the constitutional commitment to substantive equality and social justice.
50% Ceiling / State Position
Reservation must not exceed the 50% cap established by the Reservation Act of 2006, which the Allahabad High Court ordered the state to follow.
State's defence of the quota
Pro-70% Reservation View
The UP government should defend the reservation before judicial forums as Kerala successfully did, rather than accept its dilution.
50% Ceiling / State Position
Radhakrishnan alleged that the UP government supported the removal of the special reservation arrangement in proceedings before the Allahabad High Court.
Key facts
- Recipient
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
- Author of letter
- CPI(M) Lok Sabha leader K Radhakrishnan
- Letter date
- August 13
- Affected colleges
- Government medical colleges in Kannauj, Jalaun, Ambedkar Nagar and Saharanpur
- Reservation sought
- 70% for SC/ST students under the Special Component Plan and Tribal Sub-Plan
- Court
- Allahabad High Court, Lucknow bench
- Court directive
- Fill seats afresh per the Reservation Act of 2006; reservation limit not to exceed 50%
Quotes
K Radhakrishnan
CPI(M) Lok Sabha leader
“"Kerala’s approach shows that, rather than accepting the dilution of reservation, a state government can defend the interests of marginalised students before the appropriate judicial forums and seek legal remedies," he said.”
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“"These medical colleges were established with the objective of expanding access to medical education for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students and provided for 70 per cent reservation for them," he said.”
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Sources
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