Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Today, we complete the 4th day of the hunger strike.. Over 80 hours have passed with over 100 educated medical young students braving the relentless summer heat without a morsel of food. A few are falling seriously ill and some have had to be taken to the casualty, but our resolve continues. We strongly condemn the governments extreme apathy towards the heart rendering condition of these students. Are they waiting for one of them to do die before they wake up?

Termination letters have been issued to the senior residents of AIIMS. These pressure tactics only strengthen our resolve and unity. We shall not relent till our demands are met. Today at 730pm, we celebrate holi by burning these letters as our reply to the administration.

A pro-reservation rally forcefully entered AIIMS campus this afternoon. It was led by Mr Chattar Singh, a close friend and aide of none other than our HRD minister Mr Arjun Singh. We strongly condemn this attempt at inciting riots and creating a law and order situation.

We, as responsible citizens and doctors continue to feel our responsibility towards the society. To this end, we shall extend our support to the Pulse Polio Programme on 21st May 2006 in public interest.

We are holding AN ALL INDIA BLOOD DONATION CAMPAIGN on the 19th of May. The Delhi camp will be held at AIIMS.

We were invited by Mr Oscar Fernandes (Honorable Minister for State (S and PIĀ» and Mr Pranab Mukherjee (H'ble Minister of Defence) for a meeting. No conclusions were arrived at and their official response is awaited.

The protest gained additional momentum with many more Hospitals and Institutions ftom Delhi, to name a few . Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Hospital, Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital, Hindu Rao Hospital, VP Chest Institute, Lala Ram Swaroop Chest and TB Hospital, Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsala, PGI Chandigarh, SMS Jaipur, Goa, West Bengal, J and K, Tripura and many more . Interns of Belgaum Medical College are on an indefinite hunger strike since yesterday.

A protest march has been organized by the MCD Hospital of Delhi ITO. Lal Quila to Raj Ghat at 1 pm tomorrow, the 18th May . A protest representation of lawyers under the All India Young Lawyers Association shall be coming to AIIMS tomorrow to express their support.
Students of IIT Delhi have also joined the hunger strike . School students have also pledged their support.

We appeal to the general public to join us in this protest which affects each and everyone of us.

5 Comments:

At 1:23 AM, Blogger Rene Lacoste said...

why are we all focussing on just the conventional modes of opposition? aren't we all the most intelligent and liveliest indians? is it all

 
At 6:01 AM, Blogger udit said...

true, school students FULLY SUPPORT you and your spirit. we are all with you against this gimmick.
the fight is not against the people of backward castes, the fight is for the future of the country.

 
At 11:02 PM, Blogger shuru said...

check http://shuru.blogspot.com/

 
At 11:54 PM, Blogger Youth for Equality said...

Hats off to the inconquerable spirit of Delhi students! They are an ideal example for us all over the country!

 
At 6:56 AM, Blogger INDI YOUTH BLOGGER said...

THE STORY OF RESERVATION
THE RECENT HYPE BY MEDIA, ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YFE IS MISGUIDING THE YOUTH AND ARE MADE TO BELIEVE THAT CASTE BASED RESERVATION IS GREATEST THREAT TO THEM.

They are'nt made aware of actual reality about various quotas.
Instead of the thing is BASIC PRICIPLE OF RESERVATION is objectionable. Youth seems to have believed that only CASTE BASED RESERVATION is objectionable. They are'nt made aware of various aspects of reservation and even different forms of reservation. Even if they are aware, they are blinded by some people and media to make them realize that they are upper castes which are'nt benefitted by reservations instead reservation is only against them.
They are presented misfacts about reservation especially SC/ST reservation packaged in the form of stories like grass hopper and ants.
Actually this way, castiest minds of the society are convincing the youth to follow their own caste lines and integrate them. While most youth anti reservationists raise their voices out of pure jealousy based on caste lines. While the modern youth still boasts about his higher caste pride, they can't take reservation for lower castes. May be because always their caste has been a matter a pride for them and now they are loosing something because of the same.
my blog http://reservationfacts.blogspot.com/

 

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