NEW DELHI: Anti-reservationists abstained from Clashes, held protest rallies and observed closures (bandhs) in most state seven as the Tamil Nadu unit of the ruling Congress-I welcomed the federal govt’s new stand on job reservations and demanded that it be extended to educational institutions also.
Two state roadway’ buses were set afire in Rohtak town in Haryana state by the agitators who stoned buses in Jind and Ambala towns in the state
Students of some schools, colleges and some departments of Punjab university in Chandigarh boycotted classes in protest against the govt’s reservation policy.
Reports of students abstaining classes and blocking roads were also received from Sonepat, Hissar and Ambala in Haryana and Jalandhar and Amritsar in Punjab. Banks and educational institutions remained closed in Ludhiana in response to a bandh called by, the anti-reservation front.
Educational institutions in Gwalior and Modinagar in Uttar Pradesh were closed for three days following the anti-reservation stir, in Jaipur, the capital of the nonwestern Rajasthan state, shops in important markets remained closed in response to a bandh call given by the anti- Mandal forum. Buses were off the roads but private transport remained unaffected.
All teaching institutions in the Pink City have already been closed till October 18 by the authorities.
Reports of bandh were also been received from Jodhpur, Ajmer, Kola, Alwar, Hanumangarh and Dausa towns in the state.
Article extracted from this publication >> October 11, 1991
