BRS demands amendment in medical admission rules to protect Telangana students

The BRS demanded amendments to Telangana’s medical admission rules, which unfairly disqualify domiciled students for MBBS and BDS seats due to studying outside the state. MLC Dasoju Sravan met the Chief Secretary, warning of statewide protests

Hyderabad: The BRS on Tuesday demanded immediate amendments to the Telangana Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Rules to safeguard the interests of local students in MBBS and BDS admissions for 2025-26. A BRS delegation led by MLC Dasoju Sravan, along with students and parents, met Chief Secretary K Ramakrishna Rao at the State Secretariat and submitted a representation urging the government to treat all students of Telangana domicile as local candidates for “A” category seats in medical counselling.

In the representation, the BRS pointed out that the Congress government’s new rules, restricting local status only to those who studied Classes 9 to 12 consecutively in Telangana, have unfairly disqualified hundreds of students despite their Telangana domicile. Many students had pursued coaching in Andhra Pradesh and other states after Class 10, but under the revised rules, they are denied admission even after qualifying in NEET.

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“The future of meritorious Telangana students is being jeopardised due to arbitrary rules. The government must take a humanitarian view and amend the admission rules immediately,” Sravan said after the meeting.

BRS working president KT Rama Rao had earlier accused the Congress government of ignoring students’ hardships and warned of state-wide protests if corrective action was not taken. He insisted that domicile status, not just place of study, should determine local eligibility.

The Chief Secretary assured to take up the matter with the government for consideration.

Speaking to mediapersons separately at Telangana Bhavan, Sravan condemned the arrest of leaders of BRSV and other student organisations for convening a round table meeting to discuss the future course on the government’s plans to approach revision of the High Court verdict on Group-1 Main exam. He found fault with the police for disrupting the meeting, despite obtaining all permissions. He said Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy was acting as the de facto chairman of the TGPSC, which was an autonomous body, and reviewing its decisions.