Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi, seeks help for students who returned from Ukraine
India Today
The West Bengal CM wrote a letter to the Prime Minister on Wednesday asking for relaxation in guidelines for the Indian students who have returned from war-hit Ukraine. She requested that they be allowed to enroll in Indian colleges and continue their medical education.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Wednesday, asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help students who have returned from war-hit Ukraine to Bengal.
In the letter, she asked the prime minister to ensure that these students can enroll in Indian colleges and continue their medical education.
On Wednesday, CM Mamata met the student returnees and discussed the problems faced by them and their future prospects. The number of students that have returned to the state stands at 391.
“Till date, 391 such students from West Bengal have returned and they are passing through severe stress and anxiety due to their uncertain future,” the letter stated.
A majority of the Indian students who were forced to leave Ukraine due to the ongoing Russian invasion of the country were pursuing the MBBS course.
The medical education in India is regulated by the National Medical Commission (NMC). The Bengal CM in her letter requested the prime minister to relax the guidelines and put forward four suggestions for consideration by the government.
“This is an unprecedented war situation which calls for an extraordinary solution. Hence, I request you for your kind urgent intervention,” Banerjee wrote in the letter.
