Mangalore: City's Youth Support SC Stay on Reservations
Report and pics from Divvy Kant Upadhyay
for Daijjiworld Media Network - Mangalore (MB)
- SC's refusal to lift the stay order deemed a big blow to Arjun Singh
Mangalore, Aug 8: The youth of Mangalore, especially the young medicos of the city's five medical colleges, not very long ago, had joined their fellow medicos across the nation in coming on the roads and protesting against the decision of the UPA government to make extra 27 percent reservations for OBCs. Their only outcry was to make reservations on the basis of merit, and not social caste.
File Photos of May 2006
In what can be considered a big blow to the UPA government and especially to HRD Minister Arjun Singh, The Supreme court on Wednesday blocked the Reservations for this academic year.
The students carried placards, shouted slogans against reservations and also burnt effigies of UPA leaders.
The debate has been the burning issue throughout the country in all strata for more than a year now. Young Mangalorean medicos who protested against the reservations were very happy and elated with the SC's verdict on the reservation row.
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CLICK HERE to view pics of earlier protests in Mangalore against reservations