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Students plan meeting on May 6

Staff Reporter

Consensus on issue of "co-ordinated opposition" to reservations

NEW DELHI: Calling upon all major student outfits to make their stand on the reservation issue clear, the combined forum of various student groups from the Capital has announced a Delhi College Students' Conference on May 6.

The announcement was made at a press conference here on Monday called by the collective body of United Students and Youth for Justice -- representing students from Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Indian Institute of Technology and Indraprastha University among others.

Earlier in the day, students from various groups came together to arrive on a consensus on the issue of a "co-ordinated opposition" to the extension of reservations to other backward classes.

While arguing that the Mandal Commission can by no reasonable account be held relevant now, the students demanded that the issue be either rejected or subjected to serious revision.

"So far none of the major student wings of political parties such as the NSUI, ABVP or SFI has made their stand clear. Should they be in opposition of our viewpoint, we intend to work collectively with all students of DU to work against them at the time of DUSU elections," said Aditya Raj of United Students. Blaming the Government's failure in ensuring quality in primary education, the students said instead of making reservations in higher education, the Government must try to implement the Free and Compulsory Education Bill so that every child gets the same quality of education.

"It is not that we are against Scheduled Caste/Schedule Tribe students or those from the other backward classes. We had conducted a discussion with pro-reservation students a couple of days ago and it was very heated. While a student walked out, there was one who joined our side," added Aditya.

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