Anti-quota stir by IIT students enters third day

The hunger strike by IIT students in Mumbai continued for the third day.

The anti-reservation hunger strike by the students of Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai continued for the third day on Wednesday even as pro-quota agitation was withdrawn after the government announced quota for OBC from June next year.

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The students said they would continue their protest till the government met their demands, including rolling back of the reservation proposal, judicial and non-political review of reservation policy.

Students are having meetings with their medico counterparts in Delhi to chalk out further course of action, they added.

Meanwhile, the pro-quota students expressed happiness at the government decision and said "we got what we wanted and therefore, we withdrew from demonstration late last night".

However, both anti and pro-quota agitators were of the view that reservation was not the only tool for socio-economic upliftment of the society. Government should evolve a holistic approach to attain social justice and equality.

Currently, IITs has 22.5 per cent reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, and no seat for OBCs.