15th MAY PRESS RELEASE

Youth for equality is an initiative by medical students and professionals from all five medical colleges of Delhi namely All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Lady Hardinge Medical College, Maulana Azad Medical College, University College of Medical Sciences and Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College; who have joined hands to oppose the recent recommendations by the government to make 27% reservation for OBCs.
It is indeed very unfortunate that government of the day has scant regard for merit. It is guided solely by considerations of caste based votebank politics. We oppose such reservations in totality especially in a field like medicine, where crucial decisions regarding life and death are made every second. Exacting standards should be maintained for selection of candidates who seek admissions to medical colleges.
We oppose reservations because
1. Reservations have been a massive failure. That the government seeks to extend reservations is the best evidence of the inability of such measures to help in upliftment of the underprivileged.
2. Reservations bring a sense of complacency amongst the beneficiaries thereby adversely affecting the standard of medical services available to the general public.
3. Reservations are actually a gimmick by the political leadership of the country to mask their failure in providing good facilities for primary and secondary education to the downtrodden.
4. The govt time and again has asked the youth to serve the nation instead of looking for greener pastures offshore. At the same time, such regressive steps will only increase the trend of brain drain.
5. This proposed measure seeks to divide the youth of India and is a replication of the british policy of “DIVIDE AND RULE”. We, as concerned citizens vehemently oppose this caste based reservation policy.
6. This measure would be of most benefit to a section of the population which does not need crutches for its upliftment. This would further dampen the ability of this section of the population to strive for excellence in their respective spheres.

This movement is supported by the IMA.and we have formed a national coordination committee to coordinate all the movements taking place all over the country.
Its an appeal to all the students and general public to come forward and join the cause.
(For Youth for Equality)