Bangalore: The anti-reservation fire is spreading thick and fast. The protests that first started in Delhi have spread from North to South and from government colleges to private colleges.
On Sunday, thousands of students in Bangalore took out a rally to join the cause of medical students in Delhi and Mumbai, who have been protesting against the government's move to introduce reservation for OBCs in several central institutions.
The students raised slogans against Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh, shouting, "Gali gali mein shor hai, Arjun Singh chor hai."
Interestingly in Bangalore, it was not just medical students who joined the protests. Engineering college students and IIT alumni, too, joined hands with the striking medicos.
"I passed out in 1981. So this shouldn't affect me. The reason I'm here is because I want to protect the interests of the youth of tomorrow," says Dhananjay Kollur, a member of IIT-Kharagpur Alumni Association.
The police detained around 10 students as a preventive measure though protests in Bangalore were relatively peaceful than those in Delhi and Mumbai. "On MG Road, we won't give them permission for protest rally. Otherwise, it's been a peaceful protest," admitted DCP G B Chebbi.
But it doesn't end here. And it's the MG Road, where they will go again. On May 20, the students are planning to hold a march on MG Road. The students are also planning to take the agitation forward with more protests against the move to increase reservation beyond the current 22.5 per cent in the days ahead.
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