India, May 1 -- Hours after cops stormed into Columbia Universitys campus and ousted the pro-Palestine protesters who were taking control of an academic building, the demonstrators are now demanding authorities provide them with food.

One of the protesters later defended the demand as a basic humanitarian aid so that they do not die of starvation.

Were saying they are obligated to provide food to the students who are paying for a meal plan here, the protester was quoted as saying by the media when asked by reporters.

Do you want students to die of dehydration and starvation or get severely ill even if they disagree with you? If the answer is no, then you should allow basicI mean its crazy to say because we are on an Ivy League campus, ...