Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) lawmaker Priyanka Chaturvedi on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court’s stay on the new University Grants Commission (UGC) regulations on equity in higher education, criticising the Central government for “abdicating its responsibility” amid widespread backlash over the guidelines.

In a post on X, Chaturvedi said she was “trolled and abused” for her surname when she raised her voice against the new regulations, highlighting the vagueness of the guidelines, which she said were an attempt to “create further discrimination on campuses”.