Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday interacted with the students who returned from Ukraine and their parents and ensured that he would convey the suggestions received from them (students) to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi to ensure maximum help is extended to these students pursuing medical education there.
Around 76 students out of 91 of the district have been returned from Ukraine so far. Khattar interacted with these students during his stay in Gurugram on Sunday. Khattar said that a complicated situation has arisen before students due to the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia, where about 18,000 to 19,000 Indian students are stuck there out of them there are about 1,800 students from the Haryana state. He informed that there were around 1,800 students from Haryana in Ukraine, out of which 1,234 have returned till yesterday. Some are on the border, they are being brought and some have reached Delhi and Mumbai airport."The Government is in touch with them and is worried about them. When all the students will return from Ukraine, their future will be a matter of concern for the Government of India and the Indian Medical Council and we will abide by their decisions. We will convey the suggestions given by these students to the Prime Minister so that maximum help can be provided," Khattar told reporters. Khattar, while interacting with the students, said that the Prime Minister has assured that students whose courses have been completed, will be given internship opportunities. After that, they have to pass the Foreign Medical Graduates Examination (FMGE) exam as per the rules.