SC Verdict on PG Medical Seats a Blow to Southern States: Harish
Hyderabad: Former health minister and senior BRS leader T. Harish Rao on Thursday expressed concern over the Supreme Court judgment of Wednesday, which said that the 50 per cent local reservation in PG medical seats was not applicable. He said the order would have severe implications not only for students of Telangana but also those of other southern states. In a statement, Harish Rao said, “Telangana has 19 MBBS seats per 100,000 population, and 2,924 PG seats in all, with 1,462 reserved for local students under the previous framework. However, the Supreme Court’s decision will transfer all these seats to the all-India quota, effectively shutting the door for local students wishing to pursue postgraduate medical education.” Harish Rao urged Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to take a firm stand on this issue by passing a resolution in the Assembly for local reservations in PG seats and to create pressure on the Centre. “I call upon Telangana’s Union ministers and BJP MPs to look into the issue and put appropriate pressure on the Union government. The southern states should also collectively consider putting pressure on the Union Government for a constitutional amendment if necessary,” he said. Harish Rao said students from all southern states, devoted significant attention to medical education over the past 77 years, establishing themselves as a cornerstone for medical studies in India. In terms of doctor-patient ratios, Telangana’s PG medical students served an average of 12,799 individuals, Karnataka (10,573), Andhra Pradesh (15,079), Tamil Nadu (15,123), and Kerala (18,662) He said, “the ruling could adversely affect state-specific reservations for SC, ST, and BC categories and the in-service quota, disrupting medical services in rural areas.” The Union health minister had stated that ‘health is a state subject’ in response to MP Manoj Kotak’s question in the Lok Sabha in July 2019, Harish Rao said. This responsibility can’t be fulfilled without local reservations in PG medical seats, he said.
Hyderabad: Former health minister and senior BRS leader T. Harish Rao on Thursday expressed concern over the Supreme Court judgment of Wednesday, which said that the 50 per cent local reservation in PG medical seats was not applicable. He said the order would have severe implications not only for students of Telangana but also those of other southern states.
In a statement, Harish Rao said, “Telangana has 19 MBBS seats per 100,000 population, and 2,924 PG seats in all, with 1,462 reserved for local students under the previous framework. However, the Supreme Court’s decision will transfer all these seats to the all-India quota, effectively shutting the door for local students wishing to pursue postgraduate medical education.”
Harish Rao urged Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to take a firm stand on this issue by passing a resolution in the Assembly for local reservations in PG seats and to create pressure on the Centre. “I call upon Telangana’s Union ministers and BJP MPs to look into the issue and put appropriate pressure on the Union government. The southern states should also collectively consider putting pressure on the Union Government for a constitutional amendment if necessary,” he said.
Harish Rao said students from all southern states, devoted significant attention to medical education over the past 77 years, establishing themselves as a cornerstone for medical studies in India. In terms of doctor-patient ratios, Telangana’s PG medical students served an average of 12,799 individuals, Karnataka (10,573), Andhra Pradesh (15,079), Tamil Nadu (15,123), and Kerala (18,662)
He said, “the ruling could adversely affect state-specific reservations for SC, ST, and BC categories and the in-service quota, disrupting medical services in rural areas.” The Union health minister had stated that ‘health is a state subject’ in response to MP Manoj Kotak’s question in the Lok Sabha in July 2019, Harish Rao said. This responsibility can’t be fulfilled without local reservations in PG medical seats, he said.
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