Lucknow, Jan. 29 -- Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Thursday said that the Supreme Court's stay on the new University Grants Commission's equity regulations is "appropriate", given the current "social tensions" in the universities against these regulations.

In a post on X, Mayawati said the UGC should have taken all parties into confidence and ensured representation of the general category before implementing the regulations.

"The new rules implemented by the University Grants Commission (UGC) to prevent casteist incidents in the country's government and private universities have created an atmosphere of social tension. Keeping in view such current circumstances, the decision today by the Hon'ble Supreme Court to stay the UGC's ne...