BJP leader seeks inclusion of private schools in medical quota
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Letter to Governor was signed by BJP leader Nandakumar; occasion distances itself from illustration
The BJP’s Tamil Nadu unit confronted embarrassment on Monday when it transpired that its training cell secretary, K.R. Nandakumar, in his capability as an office-bearer of an affiliation of private schools, wrote to Governor Banwarilal Purohit searching for inclusion of private faculty college students, who studied in Tamil, in the proposed 7.5% horizontal quota for medical admissions for NEET-qualified State authorities faculty college students.
State BJP president L. Murugan was fast to difficulty an announcement distancing the occasion from the demand. He stated the letter was written by Mr. Nandakumar in his capability as the final secretary of the Tamil Nadu Nursery, Primary, Matriculation, Higher Secondary and CBSE Schools Association. Mr. Nandakumar additionally clarified that he didn’t ship the illustration as a BJP leader.
In the letter to Mr. Purohit, the affiliation stated it was unfair to college students of private schools that the horizontal quota can be relevant just for authorities faculty college students.
“We are asking that at the bare minimum, private school students who have had their education in Tamil be given 7.5% quota in medical admissions. Everyone who is born in Tamil Nadu must have an equal law. The ruling party and the opposition must take into account the welfare of the students and frame laws than for their political gain and selfishness,” he stated.
Mr. Nandakumar stated offering the quota for all sorts of college students alone would represent an neutral laws and the federal government ought to difficulty a G.O. to that impact. The Tamil Nadu Governor should additionally guarantee this, the affiliation stated.
“If our representation is not accepted, our association will definitely obtain a stay from the courts and will ensure that the rights of private school students are protected,” he stated.
Mr. Nandakumar’s stand on the difficulty is in distinction to the BJP’s place that the 7.5% horizontal quota should be carried out in the State.
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