Udaipur, Mar 07, 2026: Protests in opposition to the switch of medical establishments of Udaipur division to the Marwar University in Jodhpur has reached the flooring of the Rajasthan Assembly.
Government run medical establishments and a few non-public medical establishments in Udaipur division (that additionally encompasses the Mewar area) have lengthy been affiliated to the Rajasthan University of Health Sciences. The switching of their affiliation to the not too long ago established Marwar University in Jodhpura are being met with sturdy opposition. This will have an effect on authorities run medical, dental, nursing and pharmacy schools as properly privately operated unaffiliated medical institutes and physiotherapy institutes.
17 Affiliation Shifted
In 2024, the Rajasthan University of Health Sciences mentioned that affiliation of 17 schools has been transferred to Marwar Medical University, Jodhpur from RUHS from AY 2025-26 onwards. One of the foremost establishments affected by this switch of affiliation is Rabindranath Tagore Medical College (RNT), Udaipur. This is the largest medical hospital within the division and the complete Mewar area and can also be ranked extremely throughout India. Apart from this, many nursing schools have additionally been transferred.
Controversy
The concern associated to the switch of affiliation has now been raised within the Rajasthan Assembly. Shrichand Kriplani, MLA referred to as this determination impractical and devoid of any logic. Speaking to UdaipurOccasions, Harish Rajani, President of the Udaipur Nursing Physiotherapy Association mentioned that these establishments have been affiliated to the Rajasthan University of Health Sciences in Jaipur. He added that as per the Marwar Medical University Act 2023, institutes underneath the above scope will embody solely these working within the Marwar area. However, the Congress authorities outlined the scope to institutes working in Jodhpur, Bikaner in addition to Udaipur (Mewar) divisions. Two years in the past, after the elections, this matter was placed on maintain. However, now that the matter has once more come up for inspection, strain is now being created to take away these establishments from RUHS and hyperlink them to Marwar University.
Directors of native medical schools, college students, in addition to MPs and MLAs from the Mewar area have strongly opposed the proposal. They argue that when establishments are functioning easily underneath RUHS and college students face no problem touring to Jaipur, the proposed determination seems illogical. Rajani added that college students from establishments are functioning easily underneath RUHS and college students from Udaipur, Dungarpur, Banswara, Pratapgarh, Chittorgarh and Bhilwara face no problem touring to Jaipur, the proposed determination seems irrelevant. Apart from this, the quantity of paperwork it will result in, might be unproductive.
Political Support
Dr. Mannalal Rawat (Udaipur MP), Chunnilal Garasia (Rajya Sabha MP), Tarachand Jain (Udaipur City MLA), Phoolsingh Meena (Udaipur Rural MLA) and Deepti Kiran Maheshwari (Rajsamand MLA) together with different Mewar legislators have additionally opposed the transfer and demanded reconsideration from the federal government. In a letter to the federal government, they acknowledged that the choice has created unrest amongst college members, administrative our bodies and college students.
Raising the difficulty within the Assembly, Shrichand Kriplani mentioned affiliating these establishments with Marwar University is just not sensible and steered that medical schools ought to be established in each division on the strains of RUHS. He urged the federal government to rethink the choice.
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