Click to play videoNew Delhi: In a direct fallout of the reservation proposal for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in institutes of higher education, the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) boycotted a function that Human Resource Development Minister, Arjun Singh, had come to attend in the campus.
The HRD Minister had gone to the university to attend a function at the School of Social Studies.
JNU students shouted slogans against the HRD Minister in the wake of his comments after the Supreme Court stayed the 27 per cent quota for OBCs.
Arjun Singh had said that the Indian Government remained committed to the OBC quota scheme, despite the Supreme Court's ruling. He had also said that the Government was in consultation with its legal team.
In what was a blow to the Government's pro-reservation stance, the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in elite educational institutions like IIMs and IITs.
The Court ruled that the 1931 census could not be a determinative factor for identifying the OBCs for the purpose of providing reservation.
The ruling could once again set the stage for another clash between legislature and judiciary, as this is being seen as a setback to the Government.
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