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Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma (Left) and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma (Right). (X)
Senior Meghalaya ministers, including Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, attended an lawsuit celebrating the National Medical Council (NMC) approving intake for 150 MBBS seats for a aesculapian assemblage successful the University of Science and Technology Meghalaya (USTM), which was successful the quality earlier this twelvemonth for being targeted by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
The USTM is simply a apical 200 assemblage nether the National Institutional Ranking Framework, tally by a instauration owned by Mahbubul Hoque, a Bengali-Muslim from Assam, who is besides the Chancellor of the institute. Earlier this year, Hoque was astatine the receiving extremity of respective attacks from Sarma – ranging from accusations that helium was liable for flash floods successful Guwahati due to the fact that operation of the aesculapian assemblage to saying that the architecture of the university’s main gate, which has 3 domes, is a motion of “jihad”.
Sarma besides said that the Assam authorities was exploring the anticipation of students who postgraduate from the varsity not being eligible to vie for posts advertised by the Assam government.
On Saturday, the University celebrated the NMC approving the intake for 150 MBBS seats. Earlier this week, the Meghalaya furniture besides paved the mode for the functioning of the PA Sangma International Medical College successful USTM by bringing an ordinance.
“I was portion of the process successful 2008 due to the fact that I was successful the Cabinet past erstwhile USTM measure was passed… we were evidently each precise excited, but looking astatine this full travel of hoe USTM has gone done ups and downs and yet managed to flooded the difficulties, I deliberation is simply a large testament of the team, the values, the principles, and the enactment that is contiguous contiguous astatine USTM. And I indispensable congratulate Mr Hoque for being capable to supply that imaginativeness and leadership… On behalf of our family, it’s thing that’s truly precise touching to spot that Mr Hoque has named this aesculapian assemblage aft Mr PA Sangma,” said CM Conrad Sangma astatine the event.
Meghalaya Health Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh called the lawsuit a “red missive day” for Meghalaya. The assemblage has earmarked 40 of the 150 seats arsenic authorities authorities seats.
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