Religion, Caste And Tribe Based Reservation - 3

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<b>IIM students oppose new quotas</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In a show of strength, student councils of all six Indian Institutes of Managements (IIMs) on Wednesday opposed additional caste-based quotas in higher education institutions.

Expressing their solidarity with striking medicos across the country, council leaders of the premium B-schools urged the central government to desist from reserving an additional 27 per cent of seats for other backward castes (OBCs) from the next academic year.

<b>"Increase in the quota system by another 27 per cent for OBCs will not serve the cause of higher education. Similarly, increasing seats in the general category will not resolve the issue without commensurate availability of infrastructure and teaching faculty,"</b> the council leaders said in a joint statement in Bangalore.
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<b>Students turn down Kalam's appeal</b>

Meanwhile, medicos on Wednesday cranked up their agitation despite an appeal by President APJ Abdul Kalam to end their hunger strike and called "civil disobedience" by professionals and traders on Thursday after the UPA government chose to go ahead with quotas for OBCs in higher education.

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