New Delhi: The resolution passed by Delhi Assembly demanding 85% reservation in admission for the students domiciled in Delhi in government funded Delhi University colleges has come in for widespread criticism.
The House in its resolution has asked the central government to introduce 85% reservation in 28 Delhi University colleges for the city students. The House also adopted another resolution demanding an amendment in the Delhi University Act (1922), according to which no other university in Delhi is authorised to give affiliation to any college. 

Both the resolutions, moved by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, were passed by voice vote.
In a statement, Rajesh Jha, the teacher representative on the Executive Council of Delhi University has said, “The resolution passed by Delhi Assembly for 85% reservation of seats for Delhi domiciled students in the University of Delhi is not in consonance with the central character of the central university and will violate the university Act, Statutes and Ordinances. DU is a centrally funded university and created by an Act of the Parliament. Moreover, all colleges including colleges of Delhi Government are constituent colleges. Financial Grants to these colleges does not reflect in the matters of governance in the matters of admission, appointment and academics and all of them are governed by the university rules and regulations.”
He said, “Delhi Government has resorted to this regressive step after having failed its promise of opening 20 new colleges every year. Treating Delhi Government colleges differently will have adverse implications for service conditions of the teachers and staff. We are committed to resist any amendment to the DU Act to dilute the central university character.”
According to Dr Sanjeev Kumar Tiwari of MaharajAgrasen College, “Its mere gimmick to overcome the failure to increase infrastructure for higher education. The problem has to be addressed in an innovative manner as was done by the Delhi Government led by Sahib Singh Verma, which set up Guru Gobind Singh IndraPrastha University in 1998.” This University reserves 85 percent seats for Delhi students but these colleges offer only professional courses.
“The Sheila Dikshit government opened Ambedkar University of Delhi, which has courses for the humanities students. During her term as chief minister both the universities achievced great level of excellence,” said Dr Rajesh Jha.
“Incidentally, the AamAamAadmi Party government isn’t the only one to have demanded quota for Delhi students. In 2013, the Congress government, facing elections, had also passed a similar resolution in the Delhi Assembly. Besides, top leaders of the BharatiyaJanata Party’s Delhi unit too have demanded that Delhi students be given preference in college admissions. It’s a mere political gimmick,” said Dr Subodh Kumar, who teaches political science in Delhi University. 
“I think this is a very selfish resolution. Being a student from outside Delhi I had always thought of shifting to Delhi for my higher studies as I don’t think colleges in Assam, where I live has good options to offer. I and my friends here had always thought of University of Delhi for our graduation but now it is looking like a distant dream to us,” says Ritika Sharma, Goalpara English School, Assam.
“This step will degrade the University ranking by avoiding deserving talents all over India,” says NitinYadav, who runs a tutorial service in Gurgaon and acts as an admission counsellor.