Statement against the denial of seats to OBCs in the all-India medical admissions

Author: Lenin Maududi

We the undersigned concerned citizens of India, express our strong displeasure at the non-implementation of Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation in the allocation of all-India seats to medical courses through National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). As per the admission process, private and government colleges are required to surrender 15% of their seats in the undergraduate courses to a common central pool called the All India Quota (AIQ). For postgraduate courses, the percentage of seats surrendered by these colleges to the AIQ is 50%.

Counselling for AIQ seats is administrated by the Medical Counselling Committee of the Directorate General of Health Services. Seats are allotted to the students as per their merit, category, and availability of seats in colleges.

In 2017-18, only 69 seats (1.7%) out of a total of 4,064 seats were reserved for the OBCs in the undergraduate programmes like MBBS and BDS while, as per the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006, OBC candidates should have received 27%, that is, 1,097 seats.

In 2018-19, only 220 OBC candidates were admitted to postgraduate courses while they had a claim over 2,152 of the 7,982 seats. Similarly, only 66 OBC students were admitted under AIQ to the MBBS programme. There were 4,061 AIQ MBBS seats, of which 27 per cent (1,096) should have been filled with OBC candidates.

The central government is neither following its own policy of 27% reserved seats for OBCs nor the state government mandates regarding OBC reservation in the allocation of seats. This has resulted in OBCs being robbed off of 10,000 seats in the last three years.

After the reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) came into force in 2019, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had promptly increased 5,200 MBBS seats for the academic year 2019-20 to accommodate the new category. The ministry needs to show the same promptness towards OBC reservation.

We put forward the following demands:

1. The seats taken from the private and state government colleges into the AIQ must be considered as the ones sponsored by the central government and these seats should be brought under the purview of the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006. As mandated in the act, OBCs should be given 27% reservation in the AIQ from the academic year 2020-21.

2. The health ministry should publish year-wise details about the number of seats allocated to OBCs in the undergraduate and postgraduate medical courses since the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006 act came into force.
3. The ministry should also compensate for all the seats the OBCs have lost so far by allocating extra seats to OBCs in the upcoming rounds.
When Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and now EWS are given reservations in the AIQ both for postgraduate and undergraduate courses, denying reservations to the OBCs is a blatant violation of the Indian Constitution. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare should correct this wrong done towards the OBCs at the earliest.

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Signatories:

Thirumavalavan, MP

Dr D.Ravikumar, MP (Lok Sabha) Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu

Manickam Tagore, MP Loksabha

S. Jothimani, MP

Subhashini Ali, Politburo member, CPI (M)

Umesh Bagade

Shrawan Deore

Meena Kandasamy, Writer

Jignesh Mevani

Dr. Lata Pratibha Madhukar, social Activist, Researcher and writer, Phd fromTISS

G. Karunanidhy, AIOBC Federation

Hany Babu, University of Delhi

Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students' Association, JNU, New Delhi

Wandana Sonalkar, Writer, Translator, Retired Professor of Women's Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

Gurmehar Kaur

Bindu K C, AUD

Shailja Patel

Kavitha Muralidharan, journalist, Chennai

Abhishek Yadav

Yashwant Zagade, Research Scholar, TISS- Mumbai

Vishwa Malva

Dr. Parkaviyan

Dr Kiran Kumar PS, Assistant Surgeon

Dr R. D. Chandane MBBS MD

Chinmay Patil

Nandhini Shree

S. Gopalakrishnan

Nuzrath Jahan, medical officer, Department of Public Health, Tamil Nadu

Srikantan N S

Deepak J

Muthuraj Thangavel, Concerned Citizen

Vennila A

Saran Raj N, Graduate

Naveenkumar

V. Ragavendiran

Tejas Harad

Ramkumar V, General Practitioner

Vijay Wankhede

Manikandan, Undergraduate

Sethupathi N, M.Sc., Agri

Akil M

P K Saravanan, Assistant Commissioner, IRS (CCE)

Nikita Patil, TISS

Vinothkumar Dharmalingam

Rajeswari

NIIKHIL ZAGADE , MBA

V S Kapilnath Thangavel, Student

Mrunal Dholepatil

Janakiraman C

Rajesh Kanna

Sai Kishore

V Janani

Saravanan Nakkeeran

Dr Kirubakaran G, RMP

YAVANARAJAN A, PG teacher

Divya Kandukuri

Sonal Raut

Ram Wadibhashme (OBC PANTHER) OBC Yuva Adhikar Manch - Gen. Secretary

Sanjeev S

Pradeep Kumar T, Graduate

Kamaran

Siddhant Bhagat, Law Student

Hari

Janakiraman C

Shanmugapriyan S

Mittu Choudhary

Akash

Naveen Kumar

Semmozhimani

Akash Raj

Thangavel

A. Kishore, Postgraduate

Thangavel, PG teacher

Subha Subramanian, Student

Umesh (Human Engg.), freelancer in education

Subha Subramanian, Student

Kaviya Elango

Gobika Shanmugam

P. Stalinselvakumar, student

Pramila Subha

Navaneethan,

Entrepreneur

Panbalan

Mohanasundaratamizhan

Pradeesh

Aarthi V

Pushpa, MBA

Gokulsamy .A, Final year MBBS

Mario da Penha

Manikandan

Sreejith Murali, Research Scholar, IIT Bombay

Naveenarasan, student

Dhanush Kumar Chellam

Shalini, Student

Aravinthan

Vihaan, an Ambedkarite , Queer Feminist Transman

Suriyah, Engineer

P. M. Kishore, Final year MBBS

Raj

Chand, Jadavpur University

Athmaseelan, Manager, FCI

Hajirabanu

Adv. Darshan ingole, Advocate Bombay High court

Hakkim Raja

Reshapkumar C

Muthamizhvendan

Reshapkumar C

Siddhant Sarang

Sonam sheshrao Yelekar, Chemical engineer

S. Venkatachalapathi

Aditya Sabale

Mark Austin, Final year MBBS

Shital Sheshrao Yelekar, Mechanical Engineer

Divyani Rane

Priyanka Patra, Postgraduate

Manojkumar M

Shivam Rane

Rishabh Anjankar

A.Naveen Kumar

Pallavi Hiralal Rahangdale, Engineer

Afrin, Engineer

Tanuj Raut, UC Irvine

Gowtham, general physician

Rakesh Moon

Deepak

Subham Pardhikar

Anand Ratna Arun, Research Scholar, IIT Bombay

CJ Kuncheria

Vedika Inamdar

Masood Akhtar

Nabajyoti Borah, North Eastern Hill University, Meghalaya, India

Dheeneshwar, Final year MBBS

Dhanraj Mane, Student, TISS

Manoj Yadav, Farmer

Sara Banu

Lavanya, engineer

Bhanu Priya, Research Associate at NCDHR

Amardip Khandekar, Student

Shermaraj, Tamil Nadu

Raj mohan

Numan Ali

Sonu Prasad Yadav

Sabarinathan, Student

Kavita Lodhi

அரவிந்த் ச வ

Sarvesh Selvaraj, UG Medical student

PODHIGAI VENDHAN S , Final yr MBBS, MMC

Sarvesh Selvaraj, UG Medical student

Arulselvan K

Aakash Gautam

Divya

Dilip Rajkumar

Renu Singh, Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD)

Aravind S<br>Aridaman

Sinduja Raja, University of Denver

Sai Thakur, TISS

Aakash Gautam (IIT-R, B. Tech Student)

Sumithra S, independent researcher

Elandevan UG

Praveen

Harshad Bole

Manasi SM Jadhav

Vivekanandh SM Advocate

Safvana Khalid

Soumya

Dr. G. Srimathi

Vasanth

Ramkumar Govindan

Anbumathi, MBBS student

Sai Bourothu, Delhi, India

Anubhav Tiwari, Lawyer

SnehaJanaki, Counselling Psychologist

Sakthirajan , Assistant professor Madras medical College

Amit Jatolia

Sundar

Shahbaj Khatib

Jaber Monna Mohamed

Abhishek Kumar, TISS, MSW(2013-15)

Balasubramanian

Sudarvendhan Manickam

Vigneshwar

Akhil Mythri, TISS Mumbai

Amol Rajshree Tanaji

Zufire Khan

Dr. Mohanraj M S

KUMARAGURU , TAMILNADU

Narendra

Prashant Yegolpawar , School teacher, MA e.elementary education TISS

Umesh Korram, Students Rights Association of India,

Amritha, DU

Jai, IITB

Subashnakeshwran

Yes

Minal Ingale TISS

Vikas Gokhe BE MBA HR Professional

Omkar gundayya , MA { Social Work} Tiss Mumbai

Saunak Sarkar

Rabeen MBBS UG

Chinnaraja, Aerospace Engineer

Swapnil

Abinaya , student

Sachin , MBBS student

Dr. S. Chellavignesh, Dental Surgeon.

Aswin S, Aspirant

Shreya Dixit, MPhil PhD student TISS Mumbai

Devi N S

Manu

Shathurthi Raja V, Advocate

Varshini Raj, postgraduate medicine

Anandha Raj, Assistant Professor

M Vanjinathan, Assistant Professor, D.G.Vaishnav College.

Sanjesh Mahalingam, Advocate

prakash

Magesh M, Final year MBBS

prakash

Nivin, student

Shweta Tayde, Engineer

Deepak Kumar

Dr.Birlaprabu

Namrata Pal, Social Researcher, Delhi University

Ravikant Kisana

Jitendra Nirnay, Research scholar, IITB

Sailendrababu, school of excellence in law, Chennai

Nathiya M, neet aspirant.

S R Vinodharani, National Law University Delhi.

P. Bidyarani Devi , Teacher

Vansh Prajapati, Student

Abinaya…

Rajagopal Shanmugam, Universal School Principal

S. Elumalsi

Rajeswaran G

Soundarya devarajan

Mahalakshmi p

Suresh R Hyderabad<br>Savithiri Rajagopal

Swarnalatha R, Advocate

P. Manoj, student(ug)

Vidhyalakshmi,MBBS

Sundar

R Surenthiranath

Hariprasad

Paikhomba Ningthoujam, Post Graduate, University of Delhi

Yuvaraj

K.haripriya

Danush V R

Shajidha , Mbbs final yr

Dr.jaywant bapurao Zagade (BHMS)

Athi

Pon rishab,final year MBBS

Sangeetha

Jaison Rojer J, TamilNadu

Veeresh Kanduri

Sevanthammak K

Margeshwar Hatwar

Divya Dongare

Arya Menon

Khandu Gend

Mohanapriya

Seema kumari, Research Scholar, University of Delhi

Raja

Hritik Lalan, Student, Mumbai University.

Rajeshwari M

Vijayakrishnan RP, SoEL - TNDALU

Deepalakshmi.S, Post graduate

Balakrishnan

Smriti Saini

Karthick

Suba Jothi Kumar, Doctor, Tamilnadu

Malathi

Surya Deepan

Ajinkya Sonawane

Hariharan S

Muskan,student

Swamy.S

S Vishwas

Sankaranarayanan.P

Gayathri chandran

Gayathrichandran Tirupur

R.sutha

Er.R INAMULHASSAN

Pravin Ghunnar

Hareekrishnan C I

Raj mohan

Sneha Rajaram, writer

Snehashish Das, Student, JNU

A L Bharath, Software Developer

Madhura Shanthini, Advocate

Isabel Vaz, Student

Suruchi,BAPSA JNU

Lokes

Anuradha Singh, JNU

Sangeetha

Ram Singh. Student of JNU

Jit Hazarika, Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Pranav Anand

Dr Milind Bhadke-- Ex-Medical officer; State Govt , Health Dept

Vivek Singh, Research Scholar, JNU.

Yamini Nibhanupudi

Niborna Hazarika, Research Scholar, JNU

ARUNKUMAR P

Poornima

Pranveer Bharti, M.Phil JNU

Ashvinder seera, Former student Jnu

Gitanjali Balakrishnan, Lawyer

BHAGVAT SINGH PAL, Assistant professor

S. Shanthi

Madhu M

Greeshma Menon, Lawyer

Rituparn Uniyal, Lawyer

Meenakshi Yadav

Parvathy

Parul Soni,

Rinan Shah

Soma Basu, research scholar, JMI

D . Tharani

Antara Chakraborthy, journalist

D.sures krisnan

M.Boopalan. PG Teacher

Nikhil Latagajanan, Documentary Filmmaker

Raju, IIT-Bombay

Antara Chakraborthy, journalist

Ajmal Khan A T, Poet and Activist

Bratheesh Krishnamurthy, Advocate

Niveda

Antara Chakraborthy, Journalist

Ankit Raj

Vamsikrishna V

Sweety, neet student

Ananth, Advocate

Piyush kumar

Anju Parvathy Biju, student

Arul k, Software Professional

Nandita R, Student of TNDALU

Vinod Kamalnath Suradkar

Ayush Kumar, B.Tech student, Assam University.

Anurag

Barathi Nakkeeran, student at Ambedkar University.

SHASHI KANT student

Vignesh K. R., Junior Research Fellow, UNOM.

Sanyam Varun, Media Student

Daya, student

A S Panneerselvan, Journalist

Chandhiya

Tanvi Rai

Hitesh Fulwani, student at the London School of Economics

Abijit Vivek, Cinematographer

Ameya Menon

Siddharth Singhania, student at Ashoka University

Shrinivaasan L N, Student

Shaurya, student

Md Ruhul Amin, student

Sakthivel B TNAU

Hansraj AT Amethi

Shahid, software engineer

Hemalatha .S ,Student

Lav Kumar, Student JNU

Rajiv Yadav , TISS Alumni

S.Jothimani MP

Vimalraj M, Banker

Geo Damin M

Satheesh, Journalist

Ritika

Sabari, student tndalu

Srishti Gupta, University of Delhi

Jauhar Mustafa

Chandrasekar. S

Suvethan.G.S, Law Student

A.Ramesh Aditya

Aditi S

Umamaheswari

Abhisekh Barah, General Secretary, Tezpur University Students' Council

Krishna Alumni APU

Prachi Kardam, PhD Student

Sanjeev Kumar , Engineering Student

Anushree Dirangane, Psychotherapist

S.keerthana

Meghna Dhar, student

Sumithra S, independent researcher

Samyuktha, Medical student

Arunachalam M ,Civil Engineer

Arunachalam,Civil Engineer

Padmini Baruah, Graduate Student

Dr Vijay salve Homoeopath

Snegapriya.G student

Arjun S V

Vishalgopinath . NEET student

Sushant Gaikwad

S. Shivaraj

Pritam Sonawane

Pramod M phd student

Ashwani Raj

Satpal singh, employee

Chockalingam , Banker

Samira Nadkarni, Individual

Pradhyumna, Ex-student

I. Porkodi, Medical Student

Aathira Gopi, student, TISS

THIRUMALAI G M

George P, Graduate

Udhayavarshini.S - Medico

Tanuja

Vignesh Kumar, Student

Nilesh S

C. Jaisree, P G Teacher

Priya

Krishali

Saigovindaraja, Law student, SOEL.

Shailesh Kumar, PhD (Law) student, Birkbeck, University of London

M. Ilavarasi

Praveen D

Ananya Saha, Professional Social Worker

M.Jeevabharathy,an IAS aspirant

Muthesh M

N.srimathi

M Jeevabharathy, graduate

Ananya, Professional Social Worker

Tavishi

Dr. Mulayam Singh, United OBC forum, JNU

Anandi Pandey

S. Babu

Komal Devkate, TISS Mumbai

DINESHKUMAR S, STUDENT

Mayank Singh

Sujeet Kumar, JNU

ARAVINDA BABU

Bharati Balapure, Student at TISS.

ivya Kumari, TISS

Vivek Kumar Yadav (PhD Student) IIT Indore

D J Rakshab

Rakshan D J

Gaurav Chaudhari,Tiss

Mugunthan

MS, Engineer

Bharati B student at TISS

Selvakumar G, Biomedical Engineer

Talim Ansari, Student

S.Rajalakshmi

Pardeep Attri

Sakthisurya

Ankit

Nandhakumar m

Tara

Janarthanan

KARTHIK MOHANRAJ

Anil kumar

Abhilash.

K.Vijayaraj Graduate

Sonali Jain

A. Mahalingam PG Teacher

Ankur Pandey

Ritisha Mishra

Manimaran Sithanantham

Vicky

Nikita Deshpande

K. Vijayaraj

Maitrayee P, TISS Mumbai

Prabahar K

Vaibhav Deshbhratar, TISS Mumbai

Sundararajan, Advocate, Chennai

Thiru Thamizh Selvan

Amala Prabha, Student- TISS Mumbai

K. Vignesh

Senthilnathan,Teacher

Vikashini M, Sri Muthukumaran Medical College, Chennai

Gautam, student

Yarab I

Arunkumar

Sambhrant Yadav, TISS Mumbai

Gauri Joshte, TISS

Anila Huirem

Prashastika Sharma, Ambedkar University

Priya Saraff, student

Adhil MBBS

S Ramya

J K Gautam, Delhi

Sweta Dash

Pratikshya Mishra

Sonam Kumari

Mukesh

Meharaz, student

KANDHAN

Meharaz, student

Dipannita Saha

Shraddha Pattnayak

Dhanaji Gurav vidrohi sanskrutik chalval Maharashtra

M.Madasamy, Controller of Accounts, Govt.of India

Soma M, former faculty DWC

Binod Kumar

Kalyani

Jamal mohamed

Sakthivel M AC RI TNAU

Ajeesh

Mitali, student

Durai Karthikeyan

MANIVANNAN

Subbaiah Paramesh

EZHILARASU N, Aspirant

Simran, student

Srikanth Yadav, Former Software Engineer

S. Nagaveni

Abhishek Venugopal

Revathy G

Priyadarshini Deori

Jenicks Raja

C. Aindri

K Vijay Anand

Chitrakshi Jain, researcher, JNU

Bijal Vachharajani, writer

Nisha T

Govarthan B

Sandeep Thokale

Pradheep

Pradheep R

Karthika

Nootan Malvi, Wardha

Pramod P.C

Pavitra

Sanjeevni, student

கி. ராகவேந்திரன் , முன்னாள் தேசிய மாணவர் படை.

Karthika

KILLIVALAVAN K

Ramesh

Mehar Wafa, JMI

Balwinder Singh , Student

Adarsh Priyadarshi, Hindu College

Dr. KV. SIBIARASAN

Rajiv Kumar

Sagar Rajgopal

Ranjithkumar

Rajeshwaran, government employee

S Sai Prakash JNTUA

Vijay A

Mohammed Akbar

Geethanjalli T, lawyer

Syed

Thejaswini Chandran, Student

Kugan S K

J.kalpana

Sphoorthi

Vivek B Lohar

Albert Felix

Nila N

Santosh kumar, student

Razia khan

Santhosh kumar, Banker

Chandran A Entrepreneur

Abirami, Advocate

R Rajendra Kumar

Surendhar

Mohamed Ismail, chennai

Malaika Afra Taj

Amazing Comfortson, Working Professional

Shaik Quasim

R.Thiyagarajan MBBS

Devavrat Kulkarni, IT consultant

Harish Sridharan, student

REWA RAM

Malaika, student

Raj Nagre, Student

Sahajleen Kaur, student

Hafsa Hameed

Vijayanand Arunagiri, Tamilnadu

Dr. Uddhao Zambare, Mumbai

Amazing Comfortson

Nikita Patil

Jayaprakash

Chand Babu

Sooraj

Sumul nazmine

M. Jayavel

Inbaraj

Bharathi

Vaibhav Savane

Vaishnavi

Catherine, student

*Juveriya Afreen Hussaini

Vebhuti Duggal, Delhi

Kannuchamy

Devendran Muthukumaramani

Kiran babu (Aspirant)

Syed Shahabaz Hussaini

Inigo Valan

Nioshi, student

Jyothishwaran

Sekar, Tamilnadu

Neha samreen student

Yoganathan,tamilnadu

Yoganathan

Kopal, Ambedkar University Delhi

Sunil , UPSC aspirant

Yoganathan

Ajitha G S, editor

Joshita Nag

Jason Dsouza

Priya P, Maharashtra

Sitamsini T.C, Student

Niranjan,Student (University of Rajasthan)

Yadul Mohammed, Consultant in IT industry

Ramesh

Rahul A

Hasan Kuthose, private consultant

Mousumi Mandal

P.Gunasekaran

R.Thiyagarajan MBBS

Tamilarasan. L

Hariharasudhan, student

Dr.Vasanth MBBS

Rahul Magar, Assistant professor, Department of History, Savitribai Phule Pune University

Nidhi

Yashwant Pukale, MSW

Rinju Rasaily, Ambedkar University Delhi

Fazal , Pasmanda activist

Ravindra rajpoot BVSc

Saumya M, student

Fazal , IMU , Pasmanda

Rohit arvind salunkhe B.A psychology

Nandan L, student at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)

Gladwin Emmanuel.

B.Ramdas

Pawan Kumar, DU

Abida Nayaz

Santhosh S. Ambedkar University Delhi

Aysha

Sounther VC

Sadhana Gupta

Shahana S

Shyam Sundhar R, Student

Niloy Mondal, Student

Bhagyashree Ingle

S. Krithika

Harikrishnan N , JNU Alumnus

Meghaa S

Binod Kumar

Juhi Jotwani, Student

Venkata Supreeth Kesapragada, Student

Anushree Mishra, student

Karishma Bora, Research scholar IISER-Pune

POORNACHANDRAN , MEDICAL STUDENT

Dr Thirunavukkarasu MBBS

Ram

Nishant Gupta

Nikita Sud, university academic

Shareer Sapiens

Muhammad Shabeer

Preeti Singh ( Madras University, Delhi University Alumnus)

Anne, Student

Prudhvi Raj, AP

Sneha Krishnan, University of Oxford

Shubham Kumar Sinha

Abhishek Kumar - IT analyst

Shruti, Student

Shubhankar Kashyap, student- DU

Athmika Senthilkumar, working professional

Avnish Kumar Prashant , Student (Btech)

Akshaya Mohan

Neeraja Badrinarayanan

Prateek, MA Student, TISS

Taveeshi Singh

V Maheshwar

Bhuvanesh krishnan, private employee

B. S. Purne, Ex. Principal,

Dr.R saravanan

Adv Ankush Vitthalrao Mulgir, potra tq kalmanuri dist hingoli

Rajkumar S

Kapil H.Khode

A. Gowtham Ramprasath BE

Akash

Apurva K H

Dinesh Balaji J

Dr nitin mokashi

Rupesh Patil, Palghar,Teacher

Navarasan

P. Ambedkar, Researcher

Surya Prakash Ramasamy B.E.,M.Tech.,B.Lit.,M.A.,MBA

SUDHIR BHAGAT, Officer, Bank of Baroda

Sriganesh,Dharmapuri

Riddhi Dastidar, writer

Rajendra Vanjale, Maharashtra, D. Pharmacy

Saravanan Vinayagam

Bhuvanesh Krishnan

Purne Shailesh, student (NIT Trichy)

Sushant Kamble, Eklavya Foundation.

Statement against the denial of seats to OBCs in the all-India medical admissions

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