10 per cent EWS quota to be implemented in edu from 2020

Mumbai: After announcing the 10 per cent quota for economically weaker sections (EWS) in the general category, the BJP government wants to implement it aggressively. Union human resources (HRD) minister Prakash Javadekar has said that the quota will be implemented in all educational institutes from the next academic year.

Mr Javadekar said his HRD department had directed all the educational institutes, including the IITs, IIMs and the central universities, to implement the quota for EWS general category from the coming academic year.

“A similar order has been sent to all the state governments for the implementation of the quota. We have also given a formula on how to implement the 10 per cent reservation without affecting the other categories’ quota,” he said in Pune on Sunday.

Mr Javadekar also said that there was no alternative to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that there would be ‘anarchy’ in his absence. “The forthcoming Lok Sabha polls would be fought on issues like whether people want a ‘majboot’ (strong) or a ‘majboor’ (weak) government,”

The Union minister slammed the Opposition parties saying that they cannot provide an alternative to the PM. Opposition rally organised by Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on Saturday, he said, “Looking at the opposition rally organised by Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata, it was evident that all opposition parties want to drive out Modi, but who is the alternative? They cannot present an alternative, so the condition in the country is like if there is no Modi, there will be anarchy.”