New Delhi, January 2: The Lok Sabha on Tuesday sent a contentious bill, which seeks to overhaul medical education and replace the Medical Council of India, to a standing committee and asked it to submit its report before the budget session. The bill had triggered wide protests from doctors whose apex body IMA had called for a strike today.
Making a statement in the House, parliamentary affairs minister Ananth Kumar said various parties, including those from the opposition and the ruling NDA, had wanted the bill to be sent to the standing committee and the government has agreed to this.
Health minister J P Nadda had introduced the bill in the House last Friday amid protests from Congress members, who had demanded that the bill be sent to the standing committee.