The indefinite hunger strike by medical students in the capital against the proposed quota for OBCs in elite educational institutions entered the third day on Tuesday.

At least 100 students of Delhi's five premier medical colleges and some adjoining colleges, under the 'Youth For Equality' banner, continued their indefinite hunger strike at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, demanding immediate rollback of the controversial proposals and review of the reservation policy.

Meanwhile, the government is considering to increase the number of seats in institutes of higher education. Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh [Images] has, however, reiterated that there will be no going back on the proposed 27 percent reservation for OBCs.

Image: Medical students shout anti-government slogans as they sit beside an effigy representing democracy during a demonstration.
Photograph: Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images

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