Anti-quota stir intensifies, doctors launch civil disobedience campaign

by E Wayne Ross on May 25, 2006

DNA India: Anti-quota stir intensifies, doctors launch civil disobedience campaign

NEW DELHI: Striking medicos to intensify two-week-long stir by launching a ‘civil disobedience’ campaign.

The medicos, under the banner of Youth for Equality, will also call on the President later in the day to convey their position on the emotive issue and their decision to continue with the strike.

“We really thank the President for his concern, but it has come a bit too late as the government has already announced its decision to go ahead with the proposal,” said Amithasha Sinha, a representative of Youth for Equality.

The agitation by resident doctors and medical students also got a boost as traders in the capital decided to join their movement and threatened to shut shops if the government failed to rollback its quota proposals within 100 hours.