MP: Nursing college scam rocks MP house, Congress demands mantri’s resignation

Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Umang Singhar raised the matter in the house in the morning session and demanded a discussion on the issue.

The parliamentary affairs minister Kailash Vijayvargiya however argued that the matter was in the court and hence cannot be discussed in the house.

The Opposition members however insisted on a discussion on the issue in the house.

Mr Singhar alleged corruption in granting registration to some ineligible nursing colleges by the state government during the previous government in the state and said that around Rs 3,00 crore was collected for giving registration to these colleges.

He demanded Mr Sarang’s resignation in connection with the alleged scandal.

The house plunged into chaos when the Opposition members refused to budge from their demand for a debate on the issue in the house, leading to adjournment of the assembly for some time.

Later, the Congress legislators staged a demonstration in front of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the premises of the assembly demanding Mr Sarang’s resignation.

The Madhya Pradesh high court had earlier ordered a CBI probe into the scam following allegations that some senior officials in the state health department were running nursing colleges which have no campus.

The state nursing council cancelled affiliation of 19 colleges following the allegations.

Later, the CBI started investigation into the functioning of 370 nursing colleges in the state following a directive by the Madhya Pradesh high court.

In its report on 308 nursing colleges, the CBI found 169 colleges ‘fit’, 66 as ‘unfit’ and 73 as ‘deficient’.

However, the probe by CBI was mired in controversy when three CBI officers were arrested in connection with the scam.

The CBI is seriously contemplating to start the probe into the scandal afresh following the development.

More than one lakh students of nursing colleges had to wait for four years for their exams following the scam.