PM meets Medicos; asks them not to worry about future

New Delhi, May 26: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today met a delegation of striking doctors and students here and assured them that the reservation roadmap of the UPA-Coordination Committee addressed the concern for all the sections of students and they ''need not worry about shrinking educational opportunities''.

''The UPA-Coordination Committee addresses concerns of all categories of students.... They need not worry about shrinking educational opportunities,'' Prime Minister's Media Advisor Sanjaya Baru said while reading out Dr Singh's statement after the almost hour-and-a-half-long meeting.

The medicos said they had ''good meeting'' with the Prime Minister but they had not taken any decision regarding the withdrawal of the strike.

''Dr Singh gave us a patient hearing. We have to go back to our people and talk things over with them about,'' said AIIMS RDA member Dr Jitender Kumar.

The Prime Minister, in his first meeting with the striking students, assured them that he foresaw a massive expansion in capacities of higher education system.

''The expansion would see a huge growth in the educational opportunities available to all classes and categories of students,'' Dr Singh told the 10-member delegation of the students and doctors The Prime Minster said the technical experts groups being set up under the Oversight Committee will examine ways and means of expanding the capacities.

''The Government is committed to the expansion and they could give specific suggestions to these Committees,'' he added.

UNI