The government’s inability to accommodate students sponsored by the Centralised Admission Committee (Centac) in private medical colleges for postgraduate seats came under severe criticism in the Assembly on Monday with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Amma faction) staging a walkout over the issue.
The issue came up during the question answer session after A. Anbalagan (AIADMK Amma faction) sought a reply about the status of Centac-sponsored students in private colleges.
Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy said of the 515 seats available in private medical colleges, the government had obtained 159 seats as its quota.
The Centac had selected 78 students to get admission in the colleges.
To this, Mr. Anbalagan sought to know from the government how many of these selected students really got admitted to the colleges.
The Chief Minister restricted his answer by saying that 78 students had been selected for admission.
Mr. Anbalagan said the reality was that none of the 78 Centac-selected students were admitted by the private managements.
The fee committee had fixed ₹5.5 lakh for the government quota, he said and added that the private management had rejected the fee fixed by the committee.
‘No control over panel’
Mr. Narayanasamy said the government did not have any control over the committee.
Health Minister Malladi Krishna Rao, who made a short intervention, said the government had held talks with the management and the committee.
AIADMK leader said the inability of the government in finding an amicable solution had put the students in the lurch. The party legislators staged a walkout over the issue.
All India N.R.Congress (AINRC) member Ashok Anand said the government had spoiled the chances of students.
While making his point, Mr. Anand made certain remarks about the government which triggered strong protests from the treasury benches.
Remark withdrawn
Mr. Narayanasamy even threatened to referred the issue to the Privileges Committee if Mr. Anand did not withdraw his allegation that the government is in collusion with the management.
Speaker V. Vaithilingam sought to know from AINRC member whether he was willing to withdraw the remarks.
The House came to order after Mr. Anand agreed to do so.
