UP- Controversy brews over Caste Reservations in Private Medical Colleges
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Uttar Pradesh: Controversy seems to have brewed over the caste reservations in private medical and dental colleges in the state, after media reports stating that the new BJP government led by Yogi Adityanath has abolished all quota based reservations in the private medical education sector of the state
“Yogi Adityanath government has just made an announcement to end quota based reservations in private medical and dental colleges of up,“ stated the India Today article on Wednesday, which first reported the news. The news indeed went viral over social media, within a few hours, being shared and reshared over platforms of facebook, whatsapp and twitter, also being reported by other dailies.
It was reported that the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government had made an announcement saying caste-based reservations in private medical and dental colleges of Uttar Pradesh will cease to exist. It went onto add that an order has been passed to do away with quota for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and other Backward Classes (OBC).
“Yogi Adityanath government has just made an announcement to end quota based reservations in private medical and dental colleges of up,“ stated the India Today article on Wednesday, which first reported the news. The news indeed went viral over social media, within a few hours, being shared and reshared over platforms of facebook, whatsapp and twitter, also being reported by other dailies.
It was reported that the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government had made an announcement saying caste-based reservations in private medical and dental colleges of Uttar Pradesh will cease to exist. It went onto add that an order has been passed to do away with quota for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and other Backward Classes (OBC).
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