Sunday, May 21, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

PM cautious on quota
* Says implementation will need infrastructure
* To consult UPA partners * Divisions to the fore
New Delhi, May 20
Even as the Congress Working Committee (CWC) today witnessed sharp exchanges on the volatile reservations issue, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cautioned its members that the extension of quotas for OBCs in Centrally-funded educational institutions may not be possible immediately.
A medical student from Punjab shouts anti-reservation slogan during a huge anti-quota rally called by junior doctors and medical students to protest the reservation policy, in New Delhi on Saturday
A medical student from Punjab shouts anti-reservation slogan during a huge anti-quota rally called by junior doctors and medical students to protest the reservation policy, in New Delhi on Saturday. — PTI photo
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