Why did the Congress allege a conspiracy in the withdrawn draft UGC guidelines
Understand the Congress party's claim that the withdrawal of UGC guidelines was a plot to end reservation for SCs, STs, and OBCs.
- The Congress party alleged a conspiracy in the withdrawn draft UGC guidelines because they believed that the guidelines were formulated with the intention of ending reservation for SCs, STs, and OBCs.
- One of the main reasons for this claim was the timing of the release of the guidelines, which coincided with the ongoing protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC). The Congress party argued that the government was trying to divert attention from these issues by implementing the guidelines quietly.
- The guidelines also proposed to reduce the number of seats for reserved categories in PhD and MPhil courses and allow universities to abolish department-wise reservation. The Congress party interpreted this as a deliberate attempt to weaken the reservation system.
- Moreover, there were allegations that the guidelines were formulated without proper consultation with stakeholders such as students, teachers, and social justice groups, further supporting the claim of a conspiracy.
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