Sawant seeks Nadda's support for more MBBS seats at GMC
Chief minister
Pramod Sawant
met Union home minister
Amit Shah
as well as Union minister for health and family welfare and BJP national president
J P Nadda
in New Delhi on Wednesday. Sawant sought Nadda's support in expediting the proposal for 50 additional MBBS seats at GMC.
The proposal was already submitted by Goa to the National Medical Commission (NMC). The Goa directorate of health services proposed to increase the number of MBBS seats at GMC from the current 200 to 250.
In his meeting with Shah, Sawant extended an invitation to the Union minister to visit Goa in Sep to launch the Mhaje Ghar Yojana and several other major development projects in Goa.
Sawant also expressed his gratitude in both his meetings with Nadda and Shah for the passage of the Goa Scheduled Tribes Political Reservation Bill in Parliament.
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