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**Congress Urges Government to Enact Reservation Law for Private Education**

**New Delhi, September 5, 2025** – The Congress party is demanding the government introduce a law implementing Article 15(5) of the Constitution, which pertains to reservations for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in private educational institutions, during the next parliamentary session.

At a press conference Friday, Congress leaders, including Adivasi Congress chief Vikrant Bhuria, OBC department head Anil Jaihind, and SC Department chief Rajendra Pal Gautam, cited a recent parliamentary committee report highlighting the underrepresentation of SC, ST, and OBC students in private universities. They argued that the increasing number of private institutions, coupled with a lack of reservation enforcement and financial constraints, deprives these communities of access to quality education.

Congress representatives highlighted that a law was previously created during the Congress government, in which provision was made for reservation for SC, ST, OBC categories in private higher education institutes. The law was then upheld by the Supreme Court. Despite these legal precedents and recommendations from a parliamentary standing committee in August 2025, the current government has yet to act.

Mr. Bhuria accused the ruling party of undermining social equality by dismantling government educational institutions and handing the education system over to private entities. Mr. Jaihind criticized Prime Minister Modi, identifying as an OBC, for failing to revise the “creamy layer” income criteria and neglecting the OBC community.

The Congress party further pointed to its 2024 Lok Sabha election manifesto, the ‘Nyay Patra’, which pledged to legislate Article 15(5). The party reiterated its call for the government to act on the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education’s recommendation and introduce the necessary legislation in the Winter session of Parliament.

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