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New Delhi, Aug 23 AIIMS resident doctors and medical students
are observing black day today in protest against the government's
decision to implement OBC quota in institutes of higher education.
The doctors will go on mass casual leave tomorrow in protest
against the decision. Essential services, including the emergency,
in the world renowned health care institution will function normally.
However, services in the OPD might be affected as it will only be
run by the senior doctors in absence of the residents.
The protesting residents and students, wearing black arm bands
and badges, attended to patients today.
''The Government has to realise that it has to be answerable.
The future of millions of people cannot be decided in such a hurry.
We will keep protesting the move,'' AIIMS RDA president and Youth
For Equality (YFE) leader Binod Patra told UNI.
He claimed that the Government had taken the decision because it
is a ''political compulsion,'' he added.
''We want to know from this government on what basis is
reservation being implemented.... Who will benefit from this quota--
the creamy layer or the economically backward?'' he demanded.
The AIIMS RDA President said the Government had taken the
decision despite the matter being sub judice,
''We fail to understand why the Government was in such a rush to
implement this decision..... the matter is still pending in
court ,'' he added.
The Union Cabinet on Monday night decided to introduce the OBC
quota Bill in the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament which ends
on August 25.
Yesterday, resident doctors and medical students, from all
medical colleges in the capital, held a protest rally at Jantar
Mantar during which they clashed with police when they were
trying to march towards Congress President Sonia Gandhi's 10,
Janpath residence to submit a memorandum.
Police used water canon and lobbed teargas shells to stop
the protestors, including students from Delhi University, JNU,
and IP university from breaking the security cordon.
Agitated over the decision to implement 27 per cent OBC quotas
in higher educational institutions, including IITs, AIIMS and
IIMS, the protestors sought details from the government on the
issue.
Dr Patra said, ''We will move Supreme Court now.... The
Government is hell bent on stopping this agitation. This government
has to be accountable.''
''We will do everything possible to stop the Bill from being
tabled in Parliament.... It is a very unfortunate decision.''
Dr Patra said the medicos were against caste-based reservation.
''We had said earlier that we are not against any section of
society but caste-based quotas are not to be justified in the name
of affirmative action,'' he added.
The medicos and students were back to the streets in protest
over the same issue within almost three months of the 20-day
strike in May when Supreme Court had asked them to call off their
agitation.
The government had assured them that their concerns regarding
OBC reservation will be addressed.
The Government's reservation plan would cover all higher
educational institutions, run or aided by the Central government and
those deemed to be universities under it. Private educational
institutions would be brought under the quota system later.
The decision was taken at an over two-hour-long Cabinet meeting
chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday .
The reservation would also be meant for SC and ST students
seeking admission in deemed universities. SC/ST students
already enjoy about 22 per cent reservation in Central government
run and aided higher educational institutions.
Premier institutions such as the IIMs and the IITs would also be
covered under the proposed OBC quota.
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