Mamaji, please don’t bring caste into education, student tells Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Wednesday, May 23, 2018 IST
Shivraj Singh Chouhan spent some uncomfortable moments when the young questioner turned slightly aggressive repeating `mamaji caste, mamaji caste,’ and wondered why he won’t get the laptop despite studying for the same length of time and scoring 80 per cent, three per cent more than his friend.
It’s not often that you get to question a chief minister on a sensitive topic like reservation in educational institutions and providing facilities like free laptops based on the caste of students.
“Mamaji, please don’t bring caste into education,” a student said using the sobriquet the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan answers to while complaining that a friend belonging to reserved category will get a laptop despite scoring three per cents less than him.
The CM spent some uncomfortable moments when the young questioner turned slightly aggressive repeating ‘mamaji caste, mamaji caste,’ and wondered why he won’t get the laptop despite studying for the same length of time and scoring 80 per cent, three per cent more than his friend.
The interaction took place when the CM was taking questions from students across the state in a `live phone in’ programme and also took questions from students present at Model School auditorium in Bhopal.
The uncomfortable question made the official uneasy and they intervened in a bid to silence the student who appeared to cut short the CM by stressing on caste thrice. `Please make it equal for all,’’ the student said as other students cheered him.
Asking officials not to intervene and taking a few seconds to reply, the CM justified reservation saying, “some people were left way behind and we should not complain if they are given some concessions,”. “Our country has flowers of different colours. We need to take care and protect all. Be large-hearted,’ the CM told the young student elaborating on other schemes not based on caste,” he added.
At least one more student highlighted the caste angle wondering why only reserved category students were eligible for concessions like laptop despite scoring less compared with general category students.
Related Topics
Related News & Articles
Bhopal: Concerned over raising farmers' agitation, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to sit on indefinite fast from Saturday for rebuilding of...
Recently posted . 771 views . 13 min read
Ujjaini Vidwat Parishad had started the debate over the 'jyotirlingam' at Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga temple, saying it has shrunk due to excessive offering...
Recently posted . 656 views . 2 min read
JNU Violence: Aishe Ghosh's mother said she would never ask her daughter to back out of the protests.
Recently posted . 695 views . 1 min read
Donald Trump's amaze win as president in the US will give an unwelcoming message to global understudies. It will hurt the allure of the US as the most favored g...
Recently posted . 716 views . 14 min read
According to the plan, nearly 10,000 sheep and goat owners from the hill districts will help in acquiring quality meat by grazing their cattle in the high altitud...
Recently posted . 611 views . 2 min read
Trending News & Articles
While the Uttarakhand High Court has asked to block 857 websites, the Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) found 30 portals without any pornographic content.
...
Recently posted . 64K views . 1 min read
The four boys as well as five school officials, including the director and principal, were arrested after the incident. The minors were presented before the Juvenil...
Recently posted . 9K views . 1 min read
Rahul was having an Italian passport and was carrying suitcase full of dollars. Some say it was about was it $2 million.
Rahul and his girl friend was th...
Recently posted . 9K views . 7 min read
True – Tr...
Recently posted . 8K views . 83 min read
More in National
A photographer has captured the stunning photos of one of Africa’s last remaining ‘super tuskers’, shortly before she passed away.
...
Recently posted. 848 views . 1 min read
A blast in a St Petersburg prepare carriage on Monday that killed 11 individuals and injured 45 was done by a presumed suicide bomber with binds to radical Islamist...
Recently posted. 1K views . 36 min read
"It was very disappointing to see obvious human contamination of the deepest point in the ocean," said the explorer in an interview.
Recently posted. 1K views . 1 min read
Recently posted . 1K views
Recently posted . 469 views
Recently posted . 2K views
Recently posted . 2K views
Recently posted . 3K views . 20 min read
Recently posted . 3K views . 19 min read
Russian operatives likely spent tens of thousands of dollars on ads across Google products, including YouTube and Google search, according t...
Recently posted. 695 views . 7 min read
Warming temperatures due to climate change are helping the formation and spread of “green snow” and it is becoming so prolific in places that it is ev...
Recently posted. 813 views . 1 min read