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Congress demands law to enforce reservation in private institutions

New Delhi, Sept 5 (UNI) Alleging a deliberate conspiracy to deny higher and quality education to Dalit, tribal and backward class students, the Congress today demanded the enactment of a law to enforce reservations in private educational institutions as mandated under Article 15(5) of the Constitution of India.
Addressing a joint press conference, Chairmen of SC, ST and OBC departments, Rajinder Pal Gautam, Vikrant Bhuria and Anil Jaihind alleged that there was a conspiracy to deny the higher and quality education to the students belonging to the 90 percent population comprising SCs, STs and OBCs.
The party leaders said that to provide reservation in private educational institutions, Dr Manmohan Singh-led UPA government had amended the Article 15 of the Constitution, and introduced Article 15(5), enabling reservation for the students from SC, ST and OBC communities in such educational institutions.
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