Hyderabad, Nov. 12 -- BJP Telangana president N Ramchander Rao on Thursday demanded that the state government pay foreign medical graduates (FMGs) a monthly stipend of Rs. 29,792, on par with house surgeons who graduated from medical colleges in the state.
Speaking to the media after meeting a group of protesting FMGs at the BJP state office here, Rao condemned the police action against the graduates, alleging that they were lathi-charged, dragged away and booked in cases while staging a protest in front of the Telangana Medical Council for the past 34 days.
He said FMGs, after completing their medical education abroad, have to clear the screening examination conducted by the National Medical Commission (NMC) before being eligible for int...