OBC mass agitation shakes PU
A large number of OBC community members joined the ongoing protest at the Panjab University campus, demanding immediate implementation of 27 per cent OBC reservation in admissions and recruitment.
The mass agitation concluded with a unanimous decision, the OBC community will return within 10 days to reclaim the Vice Chancellor’s office if no concrete steps are taken.
The agitation witnessed participation from several prominent leaders, including former Kurukshetra MP Raj Kumar Saini, Chandigarh Congress President HS Lucky, Samajwadi Party leader Vikram Yadav, former Youth INSO leader Raju Pai, Punjab NSUI State President Isher Sidhu, NSUI Chandigarh leaders Jatin Virk and Sikandar Boora, ASA leader Gautam Bhoria, AISA leader Ayush Srivastava, AAP Chandigarh Unit President Vedpal Yadav, OBC Federation Mansa leader Lal Chand Yadav, BSP Chandigarh’s Waryam Singh, Panjab National Party President Shinderpal Singh, Arun Kumar from Sector 26, Virender Saini of the Saini Welfare Association Panchkula, Professors Manjeet Singh, Dr Kulwinder Singh, Dr Vinod Chaudhary.
All speakers issued a stern warning to the PU administration, stating that any further delay in implementing OBC reservation would invite an unprecedented mass movement that would “shake the corridors of power.”
“The next agitation will be fiercer, larger and unstoppable. The battle for justice has begun. Either reservation now, or total revolution,” said Dr Balwinder Singh Multani, in-charge of the OBC Reservation Implementation Forum (OBCRIF).
Meanwhile, Vijay Pal Singh, Chandigarh unit president of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), extended full support to the protesters sitting on a chain hunger strike at Panjab University.
