Engineering, medical seats for STs rose after BJP govt increased SC/ST reservation: Arvind Bellad

Bellad said that the BJP-led government has hiked reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes on the basis of population.

Harihar: BJP MLA Arvind Bellad claimed that engineering and medical seats for students belonging to Scheduled Tribes have increased in the wake of hike in reservation.

He was speaking at Valmiki fair organised by the Valmiki Gurupeetha at Rajanahalli in Harihar taluk on Monday.

Bellad said that the BJP-led government had hiked reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes on the basis of population. As a result, engineering seats rose from 1,888 to 4,787.

Similarly, the medical seats also increased from 278 to 708 seats. So students of Scheduled Tribe communities could avail them as the Bommai-led government had hiked the reservation, Bellad added.