The Maratha Kranti Morcha (MKM), on Monday, hardened its stand and launched an indefinite agitation in Mumbai until the admission of 250 students in PG medical and dental courses is restored. The Supreme Court, last week, upheld the order of the Bombay High Court's Nagpur bench cancelling the admission process under the Socially and Educationally Backward Class (SEBC) category for the academic year 2019-20. The MKM has decided to organise a massive mobilisation of Maratha community members in the city from across the state to express their support to agitating students.
MKM activist and PG student Dr Krushna Kirkire, whose admission in the surgery branch stands cancelled, said,'' Students want that seats of 250 students and the respective branches in which admission was granted under the SEBC Act should not be changed but maintained in the current academic year to save their careers. This is necessary as all these students did not apply for All India admission tests and also did not go in for the admission process in other states.'' He said the government will have to foot fees for these students as promised by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.