AICC plea to Pondy Govt

Pondicherry, Jul 9 (UNI) AICC General Secretary V Narayanasamy today urged the administration to take over private medical and engineering colleges in the union territory that refused to allot 50 per cent seats to students selected by the centralised admission committee.

Addressing newsmen, Mr Narayanasamy, parliamentarian, assured to get the funds required for running the colleges from the Centre.

While the admission issue was amicably settled in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala, the managements of private colleges here were firm on not giving more than 15 per cent of the seats to the government.

This attitude of the managements 'after enjoying all facilities in Pondicherry and collecting crores of rupees as capitation fee' cannot be accepted, he said.

Meanwhile, the association of students and parents here would observe a day's fast here on July 15 to press the government for more seats to local students.

A resolution to this effect was adopted at association's meeting here today.

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