Friday, April 28, 2006
Medical students protest in Delhi against reservations
Hundreds of medical students protested against the Cong-led UPA govt proposed move to reserve seats for SCs and STs. Protesting under the banner 'Youth for Equality', the students from five medical colleges accused political parties of catering to vote banks under the garb of helping the backward classes.
"The politicians are catering to their vote banks. Not one party opposed the bill in Parliament. They are playing divide and rule," Supriya Gupta, President Lady Hardinge College, said.
"The quota will severely compromise the kind of health professionals this country gets. It is not machines or instruments but human life that is at stake," she said, adding that colleagues from the OBC category are "financially, intellectually and economically equal."
The students say that they are for reservations based on economic status and at the primary level.
The students also burnt the HRD Minister in an effigy.
More in pictures....
"The politicians are catering to their vote banks. Not one party opposed the bill in Parliament. They are playing divide and rule," Supriya Gupta, President Lady Hardinge College, said.
"The quota will severely compromise the kind of health professionals this country gets. It is not machines or instruments but human life that is at stake," she said, adding that colleagues from the OBC category are "financially, intellectually and economically equal."
The students say that they are for reservations based on economic status and at the primary level.
The students also burnt the HRD Minister in an effigy.
More in pictures....
