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Kanpur Varsity students join striking IIT-K students

Kanpur Varsity students join striking IIT-K students

The hunger strike by the students of IIT, Kanpur entered third day today with a group of students from the Kanpur University joining them in their protest against the passage of Reservation in Higher Education Bill in the Lok Sabha.

A group of students under the leadership of Ravi Bharat, a B Tech student at the Kanpur University, joined the strike from today.

If the Bill is passed by the Rajya Sabha as well, we would move the President and Supreme Court, Chandra Shekhar, spokesman of Youth for Equality which is spearheading the protest, said here.

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