Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 28 : The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory today extended its full support to the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026.
In a statement issued, the party said, “This landmark notification represents one of the most significant policy interventions in India’s higher education landscape since Independence, reinforcing the constitutional promise of equality, dignity and justice for all.”
“For centuries, access to education was systematically denied to large sections of society on the basis of caste, class, gender, disability and identity. Babasaheb Dr B R Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Indian Constitution, identified education as the most powerful instrument of social transformation. His timeless call, “Educate, Agitate, Organise”was not merely a slogan but a roadmap for dismantling entrenched hierarchies. The UGC Equity Regulations, 2026, are a contemporary institutional expression of that very constitutional vision,” they said.
By formally recognizing the structural barriers faced by these groups, the Regulations move beyond symbolic inclusion and address discrimination at its roots.
The BSP views this reform as a natural extension of Babasaheb Ambedkar’s lifelong struggle against graded inequality and social injustice.
These Regulations reaffirm the constitutional values of liberty, equality, and fraternity and those opposing them must introspect whether their resistance aligns with the spirit of the Constitution or with outdated, exclusionary social structures.
The Bahujan Samaj Party calls upon all universities, colleges, administrators, faculty members, and students across the country to implement the UGC Equity Regulations, 2026 in both letter and spirit.
“No student should ever feel excluded, humiliated, or silenced because of their birth, background, gender or identity. Education must be a force of liberation, not discrimination. Equality must be a principle of governance, not a privilege of a few and Justice must prevail, not as charity, but as a constitutional right,” the party said.
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