LCP Seeks Cancellation Of Second Round Of MBBS Admissions
Its founder alleges reservation-category candidates are being denied opportunities of seats under open category based on their merit: Reports
VIJAYAWADA: Liberation Congress Party (LCP) founder-president and former IAS officer Vijay Kumar has demanded cancellation of the second round of MBBS admissions conducted by NTR University of Health Sciences, alleging that reservation rules and the prescribed procedures had not been followed properly.
Speaking to media here on Wednesday along with AP Medicos Parents Association president Dr Ala Venkateswarlu, Vijay Kumar pointed out that under GO 102, in every round of counselling, candidates are allowed to exercise their college preferences in the order of their choice and select as many colleges as they wish.
The LCP founder cited the case of a BC-B candidate with a NEET rank of 31,325 who, despite being eligible for a seat at Guntur Medical College under the MRC (Meritorious Reservation Candidate) category, had been allotted a reservation-category seat at the same college.
Vijay Kumar alleged that this happened because the candidate had entered only a limited number of choices in the first round. He said to rectify the issue in the second round, the candidate sought to exercise more choices. However, after entering choices for two colleges, the remaining college options allegedly disappeared from the system. This led to the candidate not securing a seat under the OC / MRC category despite his merit.
The LCP founder alleged that nearly 70 candidates from different reservation categories across the state faced similar situations. He declared that the issue raises concerns whether reservation-category candidates are being denied opportunities of seats under open category based on their merit.
Vijay Kumar warned that if the government failed to cancel the second round of counselling, they would launch a movement against what he described as injustice to SC, ST, BC, and minority candidates.
Dr Ala Venkateswarlu questioned why a BC-B candidate attempting to exercise more choices in the second round has allegedly been prevented from doing so. He demanded that the counselling software be designed to ensure that candidates from all categories had an equal opportunity in every round to compete for general-category seats based on merit.