Author: Press Trust of India
Publication: The Indian Express
Date: May 30, 2006
URL: http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=68476
Agitating students of Indian Institute of
Technology Kanpur have adopted the surname 'bharat' against the proposed reservations
for OBCs in higher education.
"From today onwards, students would use
'bharat' instead of their surnames," spokesman of Forum of Indians against
Reservation (FIR) of IIT Kanpur unit Rahul 'bharat' said.
He said the third batch of ten students, including
three girl students, went on a 24-hour relay fast at the IIT campus here today.
Those who joined in the relay fast were Umendra
Bharat, Ritesh Bharat, Atul Bharat, Rajesh Bharat, Suman Bharat, Indrani Bharat,
Krinal Bharat, Apoorva Bharat and Prabha Bharat, he said.
The fasting engineering students were provided
medical check-ups by the IIT administration.
The spokesman claimed students of various
educational institutions of medical and engineering and Kanpur University
colleges had extended "full support" to the agitation against quotas
for OBCs in institutions of higher learning.
