Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Docs stand firm, as talks with govt fail
"We are still struck on appointment of committee of experts to review the existing reservation policy," Dr Apurva Mehra, a representative of the Youth For Equality told reporters here, after a six-hour meeting with Union health secretary P C Hota.
"The government is adamant. We are disappointed and will continue our agitation," he said.
The medicos and Hota held two rounds of talks today with the students now seeking a hold on introduction of OBC quotas until the experts committee submits its review report on the existing reservation policy.
"We are now demanding that the proposal for OBC quotas should not be implemented unless the expert committee submits its review report on the existing reservation policy," student leader Amitasha Sinha, whose Youth for Equality grouping had insisted on a complete withdrawal of the reservation proposals, told PTI.
The protesting students have already turned down Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's appeal to call off their strike.
Meanwhile, striking senior resident doctors remained defiant to notices to vacate the hostels, saying they would continue with their agitation till their demands were met. Junior doctors of medical colleges and hospitals also continued their strike that has paralysed health services in the capital.
