Rahul Gandhi slams centre govt over vacant posts for SCs, STs, OBCs in universities

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday attacked the Modi government over vacant reserved posts for SCs, STs and OBCs in central universities and said this is not just negligence but a “well-planned conspiracy” to keep ‘Bahujans’ out of education, research and policies.

The leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha demanded that all such vacant posts be filled immediately and ‘Bahujans’ be given their rights, not “Manuwadi boycott”.

In a post on X in Hindi, Gandhi said the figures presented by the Modi government in Parliament are solid proof of ‘Bahujans’ being



deprived of their rights and the presence of “institutional Manuism”.

In central universities, 83 per cent of the posts of professor for STs, 80 per cent for OBCs and 64 per cent for SCs have been “deliberately” kept vacant, he claimed.

At the same time, 65 per cent of the posts of assistant professor for STs, 69 per cent for OBCs and 51 per cent for SCs have also been left vacant, the Congress leader charged.

“This is not just negligence, it is a well-planned conspiracy to keep Bahujans out of education, research and policies,” Gandhi said.