BHOPAL: Congress on Saturday attempted to link medical entrance scam through MPPEB and Dental and Medical Admission Test (DMAT) to pin down ruling BJP government and its ministers. Whistleblowers are demanding all 10,000 admissions be probed.

State Congress on Saturday demanded an investigation into admissions of BJP ministers’ children in medical colleges. Congress leader of Opposition Satyadev Katare raised a serious allegation naming several sitting and former ministers of the Chouhan government for having used their influence to illegally get their wards admitted into Sri Arabindo Institute of Medical Sciences, Indore.

“Revelations have been made to STF by former MPPEB director Y C Uprit during interrogation. After his arrest on Wednesday, he told police that seven sitting and former ministers got their wards admitted in medical colleges through unfair means,” said Katare. “We have names of just four ministers now and will get the other three names shortly. We demand a full investigation into the admission of Avijit Vishnoi, son of former health minister Ajay Vishnoi, into Sri Aurobindo Medical College in the year 2004.”

Katare pointed an accusing finger at former minister for technical education Kamal Patel and his daughter Priyanka Patel’s admission into the same medical college for an MBBS in radiology. “Two daughters of sitting panchayat and rural development minister Gopal Bhargava also secured admission. Their names are Akansha and Avantika,” Katare said. “Paramveer Gaur, son of MLA and sitting Indore mayor Malini Gaur also got admission in medical college in 2004 and this is under probe. Paramveer’s late father Laxman Singh Gaur was then a minister in the BJP state government.”

Congress claimed Y C Uprit told STF sleuths that 100% admissions through DMAT is based on money transactions. Deals are done through black money. “After this information, a list should be drawn of all candidates who secured admission through DMAT and probe should trace black money transactions,” Katare argued. He said STF was being selective in its arrests. The investigating agency is arresting those who have been named by accused, but not nabbing culprits named in the FIR.”

Katare gave the example of high-profile Gulab Singh Kirar and Sudhir Bhadoriya, the first being a relative of chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and the latter a kin of Union minister for steels and mines Narendra Singh Tomar. “Both Kirar and Bhadoriya are named in the FIR, but STF did not arrest them. But STF has arrested thousands of persons who have been named in statements. Now, STF has names of ministers who have illegally got their wards admitted into medical colleges,” Katare said.

