New Delhi: Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh said on Thursday that a new Bill for OBC quota in unaided institutions is likely to be tabled in Parliament during the Monsoon Session in spite of the legal logjam over the main Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admissions) Act 2006.
"The draft bill on OBC quota in unaided institutions is ready, hopefully it will be tabled in the Monsoon Session of Parliament," Singh said on the sidelines of a function at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Studies on Freedom Struggle at IGNOU.
For Singh, the reservation issue was not 'dead' and Wednesday's Supreme Court order, rejecting the Centre's petition seeking vacation of the court stay on the original quota law, was "not at all a setback".
"The OBC reservation issue is not dead, the implementation has only been stayed. We will hold consultations and discussion and
may be call an all-party meeting on the issue," Singh added.
Regarding the HRD Ministry's decision to invite applications for the post of director in three IIMs, the Minister said the Government does not interfere with their functioning.
"The advertisement was given to increase the number of applicants for the post of the director and make it more wide ranging. But the search and select committee will be free to take the final call,'' he added.
Earlier, Mr Singh in his address at the launch, paid rich tributes to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, saying her role as a patriot has been proved in a series of measures she took to honour freedom fighters during her tenure as Prime Minister.
"Ms Gandhi was the symbol of freedom and human dignity when it came to ascertaining the position of the entire developing world vis-a-vis the so called advanced civilised nations," he added.
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