05-27-2006, 09:24 PM
<b>Man attempts self-immolation</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->A man tried to attempt self-immolation during a rally organised on Saturday by the striking medicos against the government's reservation policy.
Twentythree-year-old Rishi from East Delhi was immediately rushed to Lok Nayak Jaiprakash hospital after he tried to set himself afire at the Ramlila grounds
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In a show of strength against the Government on OBC reservation, striking doctors and medical students held the "Dilli Aao Desh Bachao" protest rally in Delhi which was attended by scores of anti-reservation activists from across the country.
Waving placards and raising anti-government, anti-quota slogans 'Abolish <b>Reservation' and 'Down with Reservation', thousands of protestors from several cities, under the aegis of Youth for Equality, paraded from Veerbhoomi and converged at the Ramlila Ground.</b>
The protestors included resident and junior doctors from several hospitals from across the capital and several cities, including Meerut, Jaipur, Amritsar, Rohtak and Patiala, striking medical students, who are on an indefinite hunger strike since May 13, students from several institutions and organisations, including JNU, IIT, Delhi University, Indraprastha University and schools.
Support poured from people of all walks of life, including lawyers, resident welfare associations, parents, non-government organisations, senior citizens, chartered accountants and representatives from corporate houses, besides backing from the medical fraternity including IMA, DMA, senior doctors, professors and doctors from private hospitals.
Stepping up the offensive against the government after the first round of talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh failed to resolve 14-day impasse on OBC quota, they were demanding a "written assurance" from the government on the issues raised by them.
"We are not against reservation on economic grounds but we are against reservation on the basis of caste, which will disintegrate the society," Dr Neha Gami from Maulana Azad Medical College and Youth for Equality leader said.
<b>"Even former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi had criticised VP Singh government in the Lok Sabha in 1990 post Mandal Commission for dividing the country on caste lines," she added.</b>
Talking about the overwhelming public response against caste-based reservations, she said it was not just doctors' agitation, the government should be able to make this out from the day's rally.
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Self immolation is not good. Why to kill themselves they should make these ministers to take these steps.
Twentythree-year-old Rishi from East Delhi was immediately rushed to Lok Nayak Jaiprakash hospital after he tried to set himself afire at the Ramlila grounds
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In a show of strength against the Government on OBC reservation, striking doctors and medical students held the "Dilli Aao Desh Bachao" protest rally in Delhi which was attended by scores of anti-reservation activists from across the country.
Waving placards and raising anti-government, anti-quota slogans 'Abolish <b>Reservation' and 'Down with Reservation', thousands of protestors from several cities, under the aegis of Youth for Equality, paraded from Veerbhoomi and converged at the Ramlila Ground.</b>
The protestors included resident and junior doctors from several hospitals from across the capital and several cities, including Meerut, Jaipur, Amritsar, Rohtak and Patiala, striking medical students, who are on an indefinite hunger strike since May 13, students from several institutions and organisations, including JNU, IIT, Delhi University, Indraprastha University and schools.
Support poured from people of all walks of life, including lawyers, resident welfare associations, parents, non-government organisations, senior citizens, chartered accountants and representatives from corporate houses, besides backing from the medical fraternity including IMA, DMA, senior doctors, professors and doctors from private hospitals.
Stepping up the offensive against the government after the first round of talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh failed to resolve 14-day impasse on OBC quota, they were demanding a "written assurance" from the government on the issues raised by them.
"We are not against reservation on economic grounds but we are against reservation on the basis of caste, which will disintegrate the society," Dr Neha Gami from Maulana Azad Medical College and Youth for Equality leader said.
<b>"Even former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi had criticised VP Singh government in the Lok Sabha in 1990 post Mandal Commission for dividing the country on caste lines," she added.</b>
Talking about the overwhelming public response against caste-based reservations, she said it was not just doctors' agitation, the government should be able to make this out from the day's rally.
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Self immolation is not good. Why to kill themselves they should make these ministers to take these steps.