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Medicos form human chain against reservation
With faces painted in white over 500 students of Moti Lal Nehru Medical College poured out on the street to protest against the government's proposal to reserve OBC seats in professional institutes. The students formed a human chain from SRN Hospital to MLN Medical College crossing and blocked the road for over half-an-hour. The girls also had tears painted on their faces to show their bleak future in case the quota was implemented in medical colleges.
With faces painted in white over 500 students of Moti Lal Nehru Medical College poured out on the street to protest against the government's proposal to reserve OBC seats in professional institutes. The students formed a human chain from SRN Hospital to MLN Medical College crossing and blocked the road for over half-an-hour.
The girls also had tears painted on their faces to show their bleak future in case the quota was implemented in medical colleges.
The anti-quota placards were hanging around their necks. The messages written on the placard were as varied as their protest. Some placards read '1947-saw the creation of Pakistan, in 2006- Is Arjun planning next', 'Kalyug Ka Arjun Duryodhan Hai', while the others had message for equality and justice to students outside the quota.
Some posters also had the cartoons of Arjun Singh in its most devilish form. The students shouted slogans against Arjun Singh and demanded to set up a judicial inquiry of the effect of reservation policy in the higher educational institutes.
The students blocked the road near medical college crossing and also made people understand the evils of quota system.
Meanwhile the OPD services at SRN Hospital remained paralysed for the fourth day on Saturday. The junior doctors resumed duty after 24-hour strike but refused to manage OPD services. Only a few major surgeries were conducted by the senior doctors.
"The patients were being provided regular emergency services because we don't want them to suffer due to our agitation. But at the same time we also need their support in our fight for justice and equality," said JDA president Dr Neeraj.
