Updated On: 23 October, 2018 02:20 PM IST | Mumbai | Vinod Kumar Menon
While organisers of premier medical institute's festival say they have no control over conduct of Maharashtra students, Solapur college dean says they were on to racket last year itself

The dean did not allow any students of VM Government Medical College, Solapur, to participate in Pulse-2018
V M GOVT Medical College, Solapur, was the only civic/state-run medical college that did not allow its students to participate in Pulse-2018, the annual socio-cultural, literary and sports fest organised by the students' union of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi.
mid-day had in its article on Sunday, 'Professor busts mass-bunking across state's med colleges,' exposed how thousands of second year (1st term) students from across medical colleges under the MUHS (Maharashtra University of Health Services), Nashik, went on a leisure trip of over 15 to 21 days without obtaining college permission. The issue came to light when a whistle-blower professor from BYL Nair Medical College found discrepancies in students' explanations when they resumed college on October 4, and the college summoned their parents.