Delhi university’s one of the eminent authority member spoke for something unimaginable and bewildering. S.K.Vij student’s Dean of DU talked about a blip in quota graphs of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College. Apparently Khalsa College happens to modify rules on its own without getting permission granted from DU. General Governing body meeting of College decided itself to give relaxation of 20% for students of Sikh Community. This happens to incur legal debates and discussing claus under the constitution or DU law. Quota for OBS Categories upto 21% or Armed Force personals upto 4% was recognised without such drastic relaxation of 20% in marks. But what is happening at Khalsa College is quite perplexing. Delhi University always had a set standard for providing education to all without such unprecedented biases.
DU has claimed if college authority will keep on acting in such fashion then DU will not recognise its students who will attain admission on these grounds. S.K.Vij also wrote a very strong letter of no violation of DU laws and he has stated …Violating these merit or admission set ups will mean that University of Delhi will not accomodate as well as not let these students sit for exams. To the surprise Khalsa College has not gained recognition from DU as a minority institute. Nor does Government of India has accepted its plea to make this College a minority institutes for Sikhs, under CEI ACT 2006. Quite bewildering a fact why there is concept of Christian Quota, Muslim Quota and now Sikh Quota where are we heading? Defining new boundaries does not mean narrowing possibilities or sabotarging rights of other eligible students. We have quota for OBC because we have recognised them as people who were neglected in the past as under priveledged and were not given recognition. Certainly its not about ‘minority status’, here the students of DU are aware of it. It is the means of claiming rights not marginalizing others.
Quota: A Distorted Reality
