BJD MLA demands 25 per cent domicile quota in NLU, Cuttack

Senior BJD MLA Pradeep Maharathy on Friday demanded that 25 per cent seats in the National Law University, Cuttack be reserved for the students of Odisha.

Maharathy raised the issue in the Assembly and sought a ruling from the Speaker. He said while students of other states avail domicile quota in the NLUs in their states, the Odisha students have been debarred from the facility.

"It is a matter of great concern for the students of Odisha. The NLU was established in Cuttack in 2009 with support of the state government and availed 25 acre of prime land free of cost. However, it continued to deny domicile quota to the state students," Maharathy said.

He claimed that the authorities of NLU, Cuttack are adamant on their decision to deny justice to Odisha students. "They (NLU) refuses to make the domicile quota provision even after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik wrote a letter in this regard."