Congress chief Sonia Gandhi writes to PM Narendra Modi over denial of quota to OBCs for admission through NEET

Interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the Union government to extend reservation for OBC candidates in the all-India quota for medical and dental seats to state/UT medical institutions.

Sonia Gandhi said in the letter that reservation for OBC candidates under the all-India quota is restricted to the Central institutions only.

"As per the data compiled by the All India Federation of Other Backward Classes, since 2017, OBC candidates lost over 11,000 seats in all-India quota due to non-implementation of OBC reservations in state/UT medical education institutions," she wrote in the letter.