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Death of Indian Democracy

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The following is an excerpt from an news article... _____________________________________________________________ The Delhi police today lobbed teargas shells and used water canons to disperse hundreds of students of five premier medical colleges who staged a demonstration against the government's move to provide reservation in elite educational institutions. The police action came when an estimated 400 agitators were moving to another place from the scheduled venue of protest of Jantar Mantar, triggering a scuffle between the two sides. Accusing political parties of resorting to vote-bank politics while moving such a proposal, the protestors decided to go on a strike, demanding a roll back of the 27 per cent reservation for OBCs.. "At the moment it is an all out strike by students of AIIMS, Safdarjung, Maulana Azad Medical College, Lady Hardinge and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital," Amitasha Sinha, a medical stude...