Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Tuesday ruled out implementation of the 10% quota for economically weaker sections (EWS) among the open competition category in medical admissions sans political consensus. “Under any circumstances, the government will continue to implement the 69% reservation,” Mr. Palaniswami assured the Assembly after Leader of the Opposition and DMK president M.K. Of the remaining seats, 264 would be earmarked for the open competition quota and 586 seats could be filled up through the existing 69% quota. Joining issue with him, DMK legislator K. Ponmudi said just because other States had accepted, does not mean that Tamil Nadu should follow suit. Muhammed Abubacker (Kadayanallur) too opposed the 10% quota for EWS in Tamil Nadu.

Source: The Hindu July 02, 2019 20:21 UTC