New Delhi: Medical students from five medical colleges in the Capital - protesting against Government’s proposal of raising the quota of Other Back ward Classes (OBCs) in institutes of higher education – have now turned to schools and colleges to garner support for their ongoing stir.
The doctors went to various Delhi schools and colleges in a bid to gather mass base and support for a demonstration in the Capital on May 2.
Shubham Garg, student representative of the Youth for Equality (YST) - a body spearheading the agitation- said the medical students, who have been boycotting classes since Wednesday, have planned a demonstration that would coincide with Tuesday's nationwide doctor protest.
"We have been meeting school students and principles to garner their support for our agitation against the proposed hike in the OBC quotas. Students from the Delhi University are likely to join the agitation on the next day,” he said.
The YST is trying to involve students of Class XI and XII in the agiation as they would be the ones affected by the Government's proposed move, he added.
The medical students were also holding talks with the representatives of the Delhi Medical Association for support.
Medicos in Lucknow, Bangalore and Kolkata have expressed solidarity with their counterparts in Delhi by holding protests, observing fasts, and wearing black badges at work.
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has called a General Body meeting here tomorrow to discuss the issue, which hit the headlines after the police action on striking students in the capital on Wednesday.
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