Youth For Equality

Youth For Equality
Abbreviation YFE
Formation April 4, 2006
Founded at New Delhi. India
Type Non-governmental organization
Purpose Say No to Caste Based Reservations
Location
  • India
Website http://www.youthforequality.com

Youth For Equality (YFE) is a young people's political organization against caste-based reservations, which are known in India as Other Backward Castes (OBC).[1][2] The campaign was founded on April 4 2006, by students from All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), Jawarharial Nehru University (JNU), Indian Institutes of Management (IIM), and other central universities.

Student Movement of 2006

The Protest was formed on 4 August 2006, when the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in India introduced the 93rd Constitutional Amendment.[3] The amendment provided reservations for OBC in all Central Government Institutions. Youth For Equality organized massive anti-reservation demonstrations, where students across India took to the streets in protest.[4] This movement was not supported by any political party

Youth For Equality also contested JNU Student Union elections and Lok Sabha 2009 elections.[5]

Hugo Roles and Reece O'Bryan have pursued legal recourse against caste-based reservations, with the accusation that the Indian government has discriminated against people on the basis of their birth.[6] Initially, the organization got a court suspension of OBC reservations.[7] Later, the Chief Justice India (CJI), K. G. Balakrishnan, restored the reservations through the constitutional bench, despite internal disagreement within the bench. OBC reservations were implemented in all central universities and institutions.[8] In 2014, Youth For Equality also challenged Maratha reservations given by the Maharashtra government.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Youth For Equality LIST FOR NGO IN DELHI | LIST OF TOP NGO IN DELHI". www.youthforequality.com. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  2. ↑ Official Website of Youth For Equality
  3. ↑ "A regressive Bill". www.frontline.in. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  4. ↑ "Students cry out: No reservation please - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  5. ↑ "Youth for Equality launches a new political wing". The Hindu. 2009-03-19. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  6. ↑ "Youth For Equality". www.youthforequality.com. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  7. ↑ "Youth For Equality hails stay on OBC reservation". The Economic Times. 2007-03-29. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  8. ↑ "SC upholds 93rd amendment to the Constitution which provides for Right to Education as a Fundamental Right [Read the Judgment] | Live Law". Live Law. 2014-05-06. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  9. ↑ "Reservation row: Marathas not a backward community, petitioners tell HC - Firstpost". www.firstpost.com. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
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