LUCKNOW, Aug. 23 -- Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak on Saturday met a delegation of students who demonstrated at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Friday regarding 'reservation reform' and assured them to facilitate their meeting with a Union minister.

Addressing a press conference alongside representatives of the protestors here, Pathak said, "I fully assured the students that their demands would be taken to the central leadership within the next two days, and that a meeting with the relevant Union minister would also be arranged."

Pathak said efforts would be made through a dialogue and positive initiatives to address the students' problems and their justified demands. "Demands of the students' delegation were heard and...