IIIT Bill stalled in RS over faculty quota
Express news service Posted online: Thu Sep 08 2011, 02:41 hrs
New Delhi : The government was unable to get a Bill passed in the
Rajya Sabha on Wednesday as Congress MP J D Seelam proposed for
reservation in faculty in institutions of excellence, which was
supported by the BSP, RJD and LJP members.
Seelam demanded reservation for SC/ST and OBC candidates in the Indian
Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing,
Kancheepuram, soon after HRD minister Kapil Sibal moved the Bill which
seeks to upgrade it to an institute of national importance.
As Deputy Chairman K Rahman Khan was about to ask for a voice vote for
the passage of the Bill without discussion, Seelam raised the issue of
reservation, prompting members of the BSP, RJD, LJP and the Left to
seek discussion on the Bill. S C Mishra of the BSP accused the
Congress and BJP of reaching an understanding for passage of the Bill
without debate.
Sibal said while there is reservation in admissions in the
institutions of national importance, there's no such provision in the
case of faculty.
Amidst acrimonious scenes, Khan adjourned the House for 15 minutes.
Senior ministers, including P Chidambaram, Sibal and Pawan Kumar
Bansal, were visibly upset with Seelam.
When the House reassembled and Sibal clarified that there was no
provision of reservation in the faculty, BSP, RJD and LJP members
rushed into the well and shouted slogans against the government. The
House was adjourned for 30 minutes.
The Bill has already been passed by the Lok Sabha.
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