RPI leader Athawale seeks reservations in private universities

Athawale says there was no discussion on the Private Universities Bill in the Assembly.

There should be reservations for backward classes in the self-financed private universities that would be set up in Maharashtra,Republican Party of India (RPI) leader Ramdas Athawale said.

The state government ensured the passage of the Private Universities Bill in haste,and there was no discussion on it in the Assembly, Athawale said.

This evokes suspicion and the RPI condemns it. A discussion should have been held on such an important bill, Athawale said.

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The passage of the bill in haste showed that the government was working under the pressure of education barons and industrialists,Athawale said.

Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan,faced with criticism over not providing reservations for backward classes in the Private Universities Bill,had said that the government was open to making amendment to the act in the next session.

The RPI would hold demonstrations in the state on August 23 to demand reservations in the Bill,Athawale said.

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