Jamshedpur: Criticising Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal's proposal to raise eligibility for entrance tests to IITs to 80 per cent in Class XII examinations, Jharkhand MUkti Morcha (JMM) today said it was a conspiracy to deprive tribals.
''The move is a conspiracy hatched by Congress to deprive adivasis from seeking admission in the premier technical institutes of the country,'' JMM general secretary Ramesh Hansda said here.
''Is it not double standards by the Congress ?'' he asked referring to the Centre's recent decision to withdraw one lakh cases related to forest and railway departments pending against tribals in Jharkhand.
If the proposal is put into practice, he feared that tribal students would be deprived of the benefit of the reservation policy and demanded its rejection 'forthwith'.
''The government is not at all bothered about the development of tribals but only wants to use the community as a vote-bank,'' he added.
Bureau Report
First Published: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 21:07