The Left parties – Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, All India Forward Bloc and Revolutionary Socialist Party – have issued the following statement on June 6.WE appeal to the ministry of human resources development, government of India, to withdraw the notification of May 10, 2016, announced as the 3rd Amendment to the UGC Regulations. We perceive the withdrawal necessary in the interests of quality of teaching and research, as well as, equity between various social groups and classes.