Asked by the Opposition what the government would do to ensure reservation for backward class students in minority colleges in Mumbai University, a facility struck down by the Supreme Court last week, education minister Vinod Tawde responded with, "You will call us anti-Christian and anti-Muslim if we take action against minority institutes that don't fill minority students' quota in degree colleges."

In the Assembly on Monday, Tawde said either the Centre should get the Opposition's assistance in changing the law made by the UPA in 2005 despite opposition from the BJP, or the state government should take action against minority institutions that violate provisions of a compulsory intake of 51% minority students. "These institutes fulfill a condition of ensuring 50% members from minority on its directors' board, but not all adhere to the compulsion of admitting 51% students from minority classes," Tawde said.