STUDENTS FROM THE five medical colleges of Delhi formed a forum named Youth

for Equality to voice their concern against the recently proposed quota policy. It is a forum initially constituted by the students from the All India Institute of Medical Science, Maulana Azad Medical College, Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC), the University College of Medical Sciences and Vardhman Mahavir Medical College.

Through this forum the students want to question the political strategies followed by the government to earn votes. They claim that the youth of today has risen above the petty issue of casteism. They believe that the government is hitting at the very core of the values which the students have been brought up on, and equality is one such value.

The forum is a step towards prohibiting the present-day politicians from repeating the policy that the British so effectively used years ago, that is the policy of Divide and Rule. Through this forum the students want to stand for what is democratically right and socially just. The vote-hungry and corrupt politicians have once again brought the issue of casteism to the forefront by proposing this policy. The students have launched a fight against those policy makers who have fuelled this fire, which can burn the improved links between all castes of India. This self-beneficial policy of the politicians is hindrance in the path of India’s development.

A best-suited alternative to this proposed policy is to bring whoever is educationally deprived through reservations at the primary and secondary levels. The tertiary levels should not be touched. The country needs persons who are best at this level as per their merit, irrespective of their castes, colour and creed.

The tertiary level results in the output which can propel India forward on its