Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has written a letter to the Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ to amend the Delhi University Act. The CM has urged to amend the DU act so that new colleges and universities can be established in Delhi because the students to take admission are increasing rapidly every year and the Cut-off of DU is also going high every year.

As per the Delhi University act any colleges established in Delhi will be opened under the affiliation of Delhi University. He said that his government is ready to finance the new colleges and universities in Delhi and he wants the Central Government to support him and amend the Delhi University Act

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in a media conference said “The Delhi University Act made during the British era states that a new college needs to be affiliated with Delhi University. I’ve written to the Minister of Education seeking to amend the Act so that new colleges and universities can be opened in Delhi.”