The special counselling session for the medical seats created in government colleges on the mandate of the Supreme Court saw hundreds of students turn up with their parents. Candidates travelled from across Tamil Nadu to take another crack at their chances of bagging an elusive medical college seat. For others, it was their one last hope of finding a spot this year.
While these considerations were natural at a counselling session, the ramifications of the SC judgement seemed to be very low on the list in the hushed discussions between parents and students.
Many said they would try and get a medical seat first. Any talk or thought on what the judgement meant at a wider level would only come later, they said.
“My daughter is already enrolled in a private medical college. We are here only because we might have a chance, and if we manage to get a seat in a government college, who wouldn’t want that?” asks PG Vishwanathan, who had come from Salem.
“At the end of the day, it is a very simple consideration. Does my daughter have a chance or not? This is not the time for us to discuss the legality, morality and constitutional basis of the Supreme Court order. If we get a seat, we will be happy,” Vishwanathan said.
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