DMK charges government with doing injustice to medical aspirants

The opposition Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party on Monday accused the union territory government of Puducherry, which is led by Chief Minister N.Rangasamy of injustice towards students in not procuring seats for them in post graduate courses.

The party's local unit convenor M A S Subramanian said though there was a specific direction by the Medical Council of India to earmark 50 per cent of seats in post graduate courses in private medical colleges for government quota, managements of colleges here had not adhered to it.

There are 294 seats in seven medical colleges in post graduate courses

Subramanian recalled there was also a Supreme Court directive stipulating implementation of MCI norms.

He said he would soon write to Union Health Minister, the Chief Justice of Supreme court, the Chairman of Medical College, Lt Governor of Puducherry and Chief Minister, drawing their attention to the predicament of students who do not get the benefit of MCI's mandate.

He said DMK would also file a petition in the apex court, seeking directive to the managements and the government to ensure speedy implementation of the quota.