VIJAYAWADA: Seeking justice, 100 medical students, who lost their admissions in Fathima Institute of Medical Sciences (FIMS) in Kadapa last year, and their parents have threatened to commit mass suicide if there is no proper response from the government by Wednesday.
“We have waited for almost two years and also got assurance from the State government to accommodate us in other colleges. But, it was not materialised so far. As we have no other option, we have decided to take the extreme step along with our parents,” the students warned.
About 40 students along with their parents came to the Interim Government Complex for meeting the Chief Minister on Tuesday. However, police prevented them from going towards the Chief Minister’s block as the students don’t have appointment to meet the Chief Minister. As many as 100 students got admissions in FIMS in the 2015-16 batch. But, finding irregularities in admissions which were undertaken by the college management without the approval of the Medical Council of India (MCI), the High Court has cancelled their admissions 10 months after the commencement of the academic year.
Against this backdrop, the students are seeking the intervention of the State government. Though, the government sent a file to the Centre seeking approval for accommodating the students in 10 colleges, Union Health Minister J P Nadda “kept the file pending”.
The students urged the State government to mount pressure on the Centre for clearing the file.Alleging that the management of FIMS had committed the mistake by taking admissions without the permission of the MCI, they said it is unfortunate that students being subjected to punishment, instead of the management.