Lucknow, March 1 -- Former deputy chief minister and Rajya Sabha MP Dinesh Sharma faced protests at the All India Brahmin Mahasabha's "Prabuddha Samagam" at the Indira Gandhi Pratishthan in Lucknow on Saturday because he did not speak on the University Grants Commission issue. Eventually, Sharma left the mic.

Former Rajasthan governor Kalraj Mishra, suspended PCS officer Alankar Agnihotri, Congress UP in-charge Avinash Pandey, and the party's state president Ajay Rai were also present at the conference along with Brahmin leaders from various political parties.

Denouncing the new UGC regulations, members of the Brahmin community called it a "black law" against the upper castes.

Rajendra Nath Tripathi, national president of the All India...