DU on Rahul Gandhi’s claim that interview method eliminates students based on caste| India News
The University of Delhi on Friday rejected Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s claim that the institution uses interviews to eliminate students. In a detailed statement, the university said that the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha should have verified the facts before making such remarks. Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi speaks at Samvidhan Sammelan, organised on the birth anniversary of Bahujan Samaj Party founder Kanshi Ram, at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan in Lucknow on Friday. (AICC) In a post on X, Delhi University said admissions are primarily based on Common University Entrance Test (CUET) scores and that interviews are not part of the standard admission process for most undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. “The University of Delhi admits students primarily based on the CUET scores, and the standard admission process does not mandate interviews for most undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. If the Leader of Opposition was referring to recruitments (such as faculty positions), the University in the recent past has recruited thousands of teachers across all categories,” the University of Delhi posted. “We strongly object to such …
