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He courted a lot of controversy in [[2005]] by drafting and getting the 104th amendment to the [[Constitution of India|constitution]] passed in the Parliament. According to this amendment all private unaided educational institutes would have to reserve seats for the designated backward castes. In early [[2006]], he also sought to increase the reservation for backward categories in the internationally reputed [[Indian Institutes of Technology]] and [[Indian Institutes of Management]] from 22.5% to 49.5%. The National Knowledge Commission, a body of academicians and intellectuals who report directly to the Prime Minister on matters of educational policy, strongly opposed his moves. His move is perceived as step to get cheap publicity and cheap votes without any real concern for the issue. VP Singh had made a similar move in 1990s that drove the country to chaos. |
He courted a lot of controversy in [[2005]] by drafting and getting the 104th amendment to the [[Constitution of India|constitution]] passed in the Parliament. According to this amendment all private unaided educational institutes would have to reserve seats for the designated backward castes. In early [[2006]], he also sought to increase the reservation for backward categories in the internationally reputed [[Indian Institutes of Technology]] and [[Indian Institutes of Management]] from 22.5% to 49.5%. The National Knowledge Commission, a body of academicians and intellectuals who report directly to the Prime Minister on matters of educational policy, strongly opposed his moves. His move is perceived as step to get cheap publicity and cheap votes without any real concern for the issue. VP Singh had made a similar move in 1990s that drove the country to chaos. He is not interested in creating any real affordable educational infrastructure for poor and disadvantaged people. He refused to do anything to creamy layer issue.[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshowbnews/1483776.cms] |
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Arjun Singh (born November 5, 1930, Madhya Pradesh) is a veteran Congress (I) politician. He is the Human Resources and Development (HRD) minister in the current Indian government headed by Manmohan Singh. He held the same post in the Narasimha Rao government also. He has served as a minister in the Rajiv Gandhi government, and has held the post of Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and Governor of Punjab. He was conferred the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for the year 2000.
He is equivalent of Dick Cheney in Indian politics. He has spent his life in politics, every time congress comes to power, he has some important portfolio in his hand. As Dick Cheney shrewdly criticizes democrats and liberals, so he is at war with Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh.
He has had several corruption cases against him during Indira Gandhi regime, but thanks to his access to prime minister, the cases never moved.
He was involved in Churhat Lottery Scandal during 80s. In which he setup a phony non profit organization and launched state lottery without any governmental approval and pocketed all the money.
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Controversies
He courted a lot of controversy in 2005 by drafting and getting the 104th amendment to the constitution passed in the Parliament. According to this amendment all private unaided educational institutes would have to reserve seats for the designated backward castes. In early 2006, he also sought to increase the reservation for backward categories in the internationally reputed Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institutes of Management from 22.5% to 49.5%. The National Knowledge Commission, a body of academicians and intellectuals who report directly to the Prime Minister on matters of educational policy, strongly opposed his moves. His move is perceived as step to get cheap publicity and cheap votes without any real concern for the issue. VP Singh had made a similar move in 1990s that drove the country to chaos. He is not interested in creating any real affordable educational infrastructure for poor and disadvantaged people. He refused to do anything to creamy layer issue.[1]
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