It has also famously designated the capital’s Jamia Millia Islamia, already appointed a Central University by an Act of Parliament in 1988, a minority institution. This gave it the right to reserve 50 per cent of its seats for Muslims, and leave the other 50 per cent to the ‘others’ — this, instead of the erstwhile 25 per cent for Muslims, 22.5 per cent for SC/ST students, 2.5 per cent for the handicapped and 50 per cent for the rest. Why exactly this was done is not too clear, as it clearly exceeds the brief, and then Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal was none too pleased with the change.