Srinagar MP Mehdi accuses govt medical college principals of coercing interns to end stir
Mehdi said principals are pressuring interns as the health minister calls their stipend demand genuine and the chief minister still has not issued an order.
- On Sunday, Srinagar Lok Sabha MP Ruhullah Mehdi criticized the Jammu and Kashmir administration, claiming government college Principals are coercing medical interns to end their indefinite strike despite the Government calling their stipend demands "genuine."
- Medical interns who have spent nine years training are striking for an enhanced stipend and protection from punitive action, seeking parity with interns nationwide—a demand the Government endorsed in 2023.
- In letters to Kashmir Health Minister Sakina Itoo and Principals, Mehdi argued that peaceful protest is a constitutional right, warning that pressuring students contradicts the Government's public stance, calling it "speaking in two voices."
- Despite assurances that demands are "genuine," Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has not issued a formal order authorizing the stipend increase or promising protection from action against protesters.
- Mehdi warned the Government that failing to resolve the dispute will "cost more than the stipend ever would," urging officials to support the students and noting colleges should stand with their own trainees.
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Ruhullah Mehdi Accuses J&K Medical College Principals Of Pressuring Interns Over Stipend Protest
Srinagar MP Ruhullah Mehdi has accused Jammu and Kashmir medical-college principals of pressuring interns to end their indefinite strike for a higher stipend, despite the health minister calling their demand “genuine”
Srinagar MP Ruhullah Mehdi questions govt over warnings to protesting medical interns - The Tribune
Amid his escalating differences with his own party—the National Conference (NC) —Member of Parliament (MP) Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Sunday questioned the alleged warning issued by health authorities to protesting MBBS and BDS interns of medical colleges and hospitals to resume their duties.
Srinagar MP Mehdi accuses govt medical college principals of coercing interns to end stir
Srinagar, Sep 6: Srinagar Lok Sabha MP Ruhullah Mehdi on Sunday criticised the Jammu and Kashmir administration over the handling of the ongoing protest by medical interns seeking an enhanced stipend, claiming that government college principals are coercing them to end their indefinite strike a day after the health minister called their demands “genuine”. Mehdi, who recently announced his resignation from the ruling National Conference, sent sep…
SKIMS Bemina interns go on hunger strike over stipend
Srinagar: Intern doctors of the 2021 MBBS batch at SKIMS Medical College, Bemina, started a hunger strike on Monday after days of campus protest failed to produce a written government order on their stipend.The interns want the monthly internship pay raised from Rs 12,300 to Rs 30,000. They say talks with the administration have brought only verbal assurances and that they will not call off the sit-in until a formal notification is issued. Their…
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