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De-recognise private colleges refusing quota, say parties

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Continued defiance of reservation norms by two institutions criticised

PONDICHERRY: The Pondicherry based Multi Party Action Committee headed by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has called upon the Centre and the State government to derecognise Vinayaka Mission at Karaikal and the Aarupadai Veedu Medical college in Pondicherry (the two privately run unaided medical colleges) for their continued `refusal' to admit students under the government quota in MBBS course. These institutions had taken the stand that as `deemed universities' they were not bound to admit students sponsored by the State government.

Addressing newspersons here on Tuesday (during a 12-hour bandh observed at the instance of the action committee), the chairman of the committee and Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, R.V. Janakiraman (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) thanked all sections of traders, fleet operators, business community, students and others for their `total response' to the bandh observed to protest the `deviant style of functioning of the privately run unaided medical colleges in the Union Territory.'

Mr. Janakiraman and representatives of other political parties present at the press conference said that the stir was to generally condemn the `failure' of the privately run medical colleges here in implementing either the government order or the court directive to admit students in their institutions.

Special session

The bandh was also intended to give a call for a special session of the Pondicherry Assembly to adopt a unanimous resolution to protect the interests of students under the reservation system and also under government quota without being affected by the recent order of the Supreme court abolishing the reservation and also government quotas in minority and non-minority unaided private colleges.

The Chief Minister of Pondicherry was also requested by the Committee to send a delegation of leaders of all parties and the MLAs of Pondicherry to New Delhi to persuade the Centre on the need for a comprehensive law for smooth admission of students in professional colleges (including those with deemed university status).

The action committee which comprises delegates of various political parties including the ruling Congress would soon meet to work out its next plan of action, to protect the students and to ensure uninterrupted admission of the government sponsored candidates in them and also to prevent private institutions from functioning in deviant manner, Mr. Janakiraman said.

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