Explained: This article explains the political background, key decisions, and possible outcomes related to Explained : Strongly rebutting Rahul Gandhi’s allegations of caste-based bias in admissions, the Delhi University (DU) on Sunday released data on student enroment in the academic year 2025-26 through CUET and urged the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha to refrain from making ‘unsubstantiated’ statements.
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Strongly rebutting Rahul Gandhi’s allegations of caste-based bias in admissions, the Delhi University (DU) on Sunday released data on student enroment in the academic year 2025-26 through CUET and urged the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha to refrain from making ‘unsubstantiated’ statements.
“The University of Delhi implements all its statutory mandates in the true spirit of the Constitution of India, as clearly reflected in our transparent admission and recruitment processes,” the University officials said in a post on X.
According to the DU data for post-graduate students enrolled in academic session 2025-26 based on CUET, there were a total of 4,022 (38.59 per cent) unreserved (UR) students, 3,115 OBC (Other Backward Classes) (29.88 per cent) students, 1,488 SC (Scheduled Caste) (14.27 per cent) students, 614 ST (Scheduled Tribe) (5.89 per cent) students and 1,203 EWS (11.54 per cent) (Economically Weaker Section) students. The total number of PG students enrolled was 10,422.
Data for undergraduate programmes for the academic session 2025-26 showed that 32,777 (46.56 per cent) students were enrolled under the UR category, 17,971 (25.52 per cent) were under OBC, 10,517 (14.93 per cent) were SC students, and 3,251 (4.62 per cent) and 5,879 (8.35 per cent) were ST and EWS students, respectively. The total number of enroled students for UG programmes stood at 70,395.
“We urge the Leader of Opposition to refrain from making unsubstantiated statements. Such remarks undermine the healthy learning environment at the University,” the university officials said in a post. Gandhi had made the controversial remarks on Friday while addressing an event in Lucknow to mark the birth anniversary of Bahujan Samaj Party founder Kanshi Ram.
“I had gone to Delhi University. Interview is just a way to eliminate students. They ask what your caste is and then you fail in the interview,” Gandhi had said. Responding to the allegations, the DU officials had on Saturday said the university admitted students primarily based on the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) scores, and the standard admission process does not mandate interviews for most undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
In the post on Sunday, the DU officials also shared data for appointments of teachers (including librarian and physical education) from 2021 to March 15, 2025. In the period mentioned, according to the data, 2,123 (41.99 per cent) appointments have been made under the UR category, 717 (14.18 per cent) under the SC category, 349 (6.90 per cent) under the ST category, 1282 (25.35 per cent) under OBC category, 422 (8.35 per cent) and 163 (3.22 per cent) under the EWS and PwD categories, respectively. The total number of recruitments stood at 5056.
