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  • CPM condemns de-recognition of three medical colleges

    CPM condemns de-recognition of three medical colleges

    CHENNAI: CPM state secretary K Balakrishnan on Sunday condemned the Undergraduate Medical Education Board for barring three government medical colleges in the state from admitting students citing lame reasons, while PMK founder Dr S Ramadoss warned that 10 more government medical colleges in the state could face a similar situation due to faculty vacancies.

    In a tweet, Balakrishnan said that Government Stanley Medical College Hospital in Chennai, K A P Viswanathan Government Medical College in Trichy and Government Dharmapuri Medical College and Hospital were penalised for deficiencies in Aadhaar-based biometric attendance and footage of cameras installed in these colleges. “The action is an insult to the medical infrastructure in the state. It also shows the accumulation of power that considers the state administration in disdain. The cancellation of the recognition should be immediately withdrawn, ” he wrote.

    PMK founder Dr S Ramadoss said that the news of the 10 more government medical colleges faces the threat of derecognition due to shortages of faculties. “In the government medical colleges in the state, 450 out of the 1600 professor posts lying vacant, while 550 out of the 1600 associate professor posts are remaining vacant. Except for the famous medical colleges in Chennai, the faculties posts are lying vacant in the other medical colleges, ” he said.

    He demanded the state government take steps to vacate the Madras High Court stay on the counselling for the faculties promotion and it should be held at the earliest to fill up the vacancies.

  • CPM takes out rally in support of striking Sulabh workers

    CPM takes out rally in support of striking Sulabh workers

    Tirupati: CPM and its trade union CITU took out a rally here on Sunday, in support of Sulabh workers engaged in TTD service, who are on strike demanding salary hike and for PF, ESI facilities.

    Speaking on the occasion, the CPM and CITU leaders appealed the temple management to stop the war it waged against the poor Sulabh workers, who are fighting for their just demands including salary hike, PF, ESI and also laddu prasadam, darshan on par with other contract workers under other agencies in TTD.

    CITU State vice-president K Murali said that instead of trying to draw public attention by taking up the cleaning in hurries way in Tirumala, the officials should sincerely resolve the workers’ issue to end the strike. He said that the workers under Sulabh, working in Tirumala for the past two decades, have been rendering a wide range of services to the pilgrims for a monthly salary of just Rs 9,000 and without facilities like PF, ESI whereas the workers under other private agencies are getting a higher salary and also enjoying facilities.

    He criticised that the TTD, instead of rectifying the disparity in salary and facilities, is resorting to intimidation tactics and also unleashed propaganda against the workers fighting for justice. He said that it is not wise on the part of a religious organisation, TTD to exploit the hapless workers.

    CITU leader Murali reminded that TTD Chairman YV Subba Reddy often claims that the TTD setting up Lakshmi Srinivasa Corporation to prevent exploitation of outsourcing and contract workers, but in reality Sulabh workers are in lurch. He wondered why the TTD chairman is silent on the workers’ strike.

    CPM district secretary V Nagaraju, city secretary T Subramanyam and other leaders urged the TTD to stop projecting the striking workers in bad light and to hold talks with them to solve the issue amicably.