Telangana: BJP demands equal stipend for foreign medical graduates

Hyderabad, Nov 12 (UNI) 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…