The Wire Wrap | SC Stay on UGC Rules Rescues BJP From Upper-Caste Uproar

Name: The Wire Wrap | SC Stay on UGC Rules Rescues BJP From Upper-Caste Uproar - The Wire
Uploaded: 2026-01-31T09:15:22+05:30
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Description: The Wire's Sravasti Dasgupta is joined by Sobhana K. Nair, deputy editor, The Hindu and Saba Naqvi, senior journalist.

The Wire's Sravasti Dasgupta is joined by Sobhana K. Nair, deputy editor, The Hindu and Saba Naqvi, senior journalist.

Sravasti Dasgupta

The Wire's Sravasti Dasgupta is joined by Sobhana K. Nair, deputy editor, The Hindu and Saba Naqvi, senior journalist.

After days of protest by upper caste groups against the new UGC equity rules against caste based discrimination in higher educational institutions, the Supreme Court has stayed these guidelines and said that they are vague and capable of misuse.

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has promised that “four to five lakh Miya voters” will be deleted when the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls takes place in the poll-bound State, triggering sharp reactions.

Meanwhile Vijay's Jana Nayagan has been delayed again as he Madras HC raising questions about whether the delay is political and if the film will ever see the light of the day.

The Wire's Sravasti Dasgupta is joined by Sobhana K. Nair, deputy editor, The Hindu and Saba Naqvi, senior journalist.

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