Death of Indian Democracy

The following is an excerpt from an news article...

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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 student leader and spokesman of 'Youth for Equality', grouping told PTI.

She said they will continue their stir until they are allowed to meet HRD Minister Arjun Singh.

The students blocked roads creating traffic snarls in and around the busy Connaught Place area. "The politicians are catering to their vote banks. Not one party opposed the bill in Parliament. They are playing divide and rule," Supriya Gupta, president, Lady Hardigne College Students' body, said.

"The quota will severely compromise the kind of health professionals this country get. It is not machines or instruments but human life that is at stake," she said, adding that colleagues from the OBC category are "financially, intellectually and economically equal."
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Is this democracy ?
Where is the freedom of expression ?

Delhi police and Mumbai police using such violent methods to dispel
crowds of innocent students.

This is a wake up call for all the people of this country.

Sadly the politicians whom we elected to represent our views have become
deaf to our opinions, have become blind to the needs of this country.
The only thing that bothers them is the VOTE Banks.
" Whether or not they are returning to power in the next elections ? "

This is sadly the Death of INDIAN Democracy.