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Medical counselling begins amid protests
Counselling for admissions to government and private medical colleges in Telangana State commenced on Wednesday. The commencement of the process was delayed by about two hours as the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists disrupted it at the JNTU Hyderabad Counselling Centre and Osmania University Campus Centre, protesting against the increased fee structure and alleged loss of seats for BC, SC and ST categories.
ABVP activists stage protests at counselling centres against fee hike
Hyderabad: Counselling for admissions to government and private medical colleges in Telangana State commenced on Wednesday. The commencement of the process was delayed by about two hours as the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists disrupted it at the JNTU Hyderabad Counselling Centre and Osmania University Campus Centre, protesting against the increased fee structure and alleged loss of seats for BC, SC and ST categories.
In the morning, the ABVP activists closed the gates and didn’t allow the candidates to enter the counselling hall. The police arrived later and shifted the agitating ABVP activists to police stations. The ABVP was agitating against the decision of the government to increase the fee in the ‘B’ category seats from Rs 2.40 lakh per annum to Rs 9 lakh per annum.
Counselling is scheduled to be held for nine days in three centres in Telangana – JNTU-H, Kukatpally; PGRR Distance Education Centre, OU campus and Kakatiya University, Warangal apart from Dr NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada. Candidates can attend couselling at any of these centres.
