Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Karol Bagh Vishesh Ravi requested an amendment to Delhi Professional Colleges or Institutions Act, 2007 in the Delhi Legislative Assembly on Thursday. "I came across several incidents of deserving meritorious students being bereft of benefits of this act due to definition of Delhi candidate and hence decided to take up matter," said Ravi. The AAP MLA said that the current definition of a Delhi Candidate as per act defines candidate as one candidate who has appeared or passed qualifying examination from a recognized school or institution situated in Delhi. "Whereas I have proposed definition be changed to one who has appeared or passed qualifying examination from a recognized school or institution situated in Delhi or is a resident of Delhi," he said.
"This is possible when GNCT of Delhi amends Section 2 (f) of Act by choosing "Institutional or Residential" method to decide the "Delhi Candidate" in order to remove this barrier to access higher education opportunities currently faced by Delhi residents", he said.
Speaker Ram Niwas Goel has referred the matter to the Education Committee of the Delhi Vidhan Sabha for action and perusal.