MBBS pact cost forward communities 105 seats: NSS

Updated on: Wednesday, September 07, 2011

The controversy over alleged anomalies in the agreement between the State government and private medical college managements on MBBS admissions appears to be snowballing, with the Nair Service Society (NSS) denying the allegations raised against them by Fazal Gafoor, president, Muslim Educational Society (MES) and Vellappally Natesan, general secretary, SNDP Yogam.

In a press note issued at Perunna on Tuesday, NSS general secretary G. Sukumaran Nair said that from every 100 seats, 50 were earmarked as government seats, of which seven were reserved for Below Poverty Line (BPL) sections, 13 for Socially and Economically Backward Communities and five for Scheduled Communities. This left 25 seats for the meritorious students. However, out of this, 15 seats were set aside for candidates from the community which controls the management. Meritorious candidates from other communities, including the forward communities were left with just 10 seats, Mr. Nair pointed out.

“Last year 50 per cent meant 25 seats. However, under this agreement 50 per cent means just 10 seats,” Mr. Nair said.

Last Sunday, Mr. Nair had pointed to the anomalies in the agreement eliciting sharp reactions from the MES and SNDP Yogam leaders. In the rejoinder issued on Tuesday, Mr. Nair said in the aided arts and science colleges under the NSS management, 50 per cent of the seats went to general merit; 20 per cent to SC/ST quota; 10 per cent community merit and 20 per cent to management quota. On the other hand, in the aided professional colleges under the NSS management, 85 per cent of the seats, including reservation, were earmarked for the merit list, while 15 per cent was set apart as management quota. “There is no community seat in these institutions,” he said.

“Everyone has the right to speak for the government seats which constitutionally belong to candidates from the general category, purely on the basis of merit,” Mr. Nair said and pointed out that by ‘upsetting' the agreement, private managements had taken away 105 seats which legitimately belonged to meritorious candidates from forward communities.

MBBS pact cost forward communities 105 seats: NSS

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