One may reject such proposals as something that will hurt merit but the ground reality is students from such sections do not have the same access to quality education that rich students enjoy.

Those who expelled me from the party, they themselves don't belong to it. They don't believe in its ideology, they don't believe in Lord Ram. They want to tread the same path that we detested. They think that they would not get anything by devoting themselves to Lord Ram, but they'll definitely succeed by praising Jinnah.

It's a very small group of students nationwide who win a Merit Scholarship. It's an indication of a student who is very academically talented and has the potential for success in a very rigorous college environment.

Once it's gone, it will be gone and future students will be the ones that are hurt.

They will be sleeping with both eyes closed for the first time in so many years.

we should note that there will never be merit raises.