Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) secretary P. Suresh and All India MeDevision Convenor Dr. Subh Ram on Friday warned Health Minister Kamineni Srinivasa Rao that they would launch a State-wide agitation, if the GO31, which allows private college managements to conduct separate entrance tests and decide fee structure, is not withdrawn.
The Health Minister and his Higher Education counterparts would also be gheraoed, they said.
At media conference here on Friday after meeting Mr. Srinivasa Rao, Dr. Subh Ram said that the GO 31 allows private medical colleges to decide on the fee structure for the seats falling under B and C categories.
The colleges would charge up to Rs. 12 lakh for B category seats, four to five times of the present fee. With the Go in place, the colleges would mop up Rs.274 crore for C category seats under the management quota, he alleged. Dr. Subh Ram alleged that the private college managements led by Dr. Ganni Bhaskar Rao of the GSL Medical College was the person behind the move and responsible for conduct of separate MCET-AC -2015 meant for filling up of the seats in private colleges.ABVP secretary Mr. Suresh said that they would to stage a dharna in front of the NTR Health University in Vijayawada and others soon.
‘No need to
withdraw GO’
Kakinada Staff Reporter adds: ABVP activists on Friday took strong exception to the remarks passed by Health Minister Kamineni Srinivas on the medicos.
An ABVP delegation called on the Health Minister, who stayed in a private hotel here, and submitted a memorandum, seeking immediate withdrawal of the GO 31, stating that it would benefit only the private college managements, making the medicine education dearer to the students from poor financial background.
After an interaction with the delegation for half an hour, the Minister reportedly made it clear that there was no need of withdrawing the GO.
