Chhattisgarh nominates West Bengal doctor to Dental Council of India, sparks row
TNN | Dec 13, 2019, 05.12 PM IST
DCI members have written to union minister for health and family welfare Dr Harshvardhan and chief minister Bhupesh Baghel, questioning his nomination from Chhattisgarh, pointing out a full time dentist and resident of Kolkata got his dentist registration transferred to Chhattisgarh on November 29 and he was subsequently nominated by the state government to DCI. Quoting the dentist Act, DCI members said a dentist can transfer his registration from one state to another is he is shifting his practice or residence.
Pointing out that the CBI had earlier registered cases against Mazumdar, DCI member Dr Shaji K Joseph said the ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) had in September this year wrote to DCI noting that his DCI membership came to an end the day he attained 65 years of age and necessary action be taken to ensure that he had no access to official files nor discharge of any of the functions of DCI.
However, Chhattisgarh health minister T S Singhdeo strongly defended his nomination to DCI from Chhattisgarh saying “We go by his merits and potential for DCI than the CBI cases which are politically motivated”.
Singhdeo told TOI “to the best of my knowledge, there is no such reservation or limitation for nominating as state representative in DCI election. I am aware that even BJP is pushing someone as its representative from Karnataka”.
“Dr Muzumdar has been president of DCI during UPA regime. I strongly defend his nomination”. Many senior Congress leaders from other states have also suggested his name from Chhattisgarh”, he said adding “If the Congress high command have any objection, we can always revise the decision”.
Former DCI member from Chhattisgarh Dr Anil Khakaria said there are many capable and known dentists in the state and it is surprising that the health minister could find only a person whose tenure in DCI as its president has been marred with controversies. He said the dentists have already sought chief minister Bhupesh Baghel’s intervention to cancel his nomination in the interests of dentists of Chhattisgarh.
TNN | Dec 13, 2019, 05.12 PM IST
RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh government has nominated to Dental Council of India (DCI) a former controversial DCI chairman and a known doctor from West Bengal Dr Dibyendu Mazumder—sparking a row with many council members questioning his nomination on multiple grounds, including that he is facing cases registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation.
DCI members have written to union minister for health and family welfare Dr Harshvardhan and chief minister Bhupesh Baghel, questioning his nomination from Chhattisgarh, pointing out a full time dentist and resident of Kolkata got his dentist registration transferred to Chhattisgarh on November 29 and he was subsequently nominated by the state government to DCI. Quoting the dentist Act, DCI members said a dentist can transfer his registration from one state to another is he is shifting his practice or residence.
Pointing out that the CBI had earlier registered cases against Mazumdar, DCI member Dr Shaji K Joseph said the ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) had in September this year wrote to DCI noting that his DCI membership came to an end the day he attained 65 years of age and necessary action be taken to ensure that he had no access to official files nor discharge of any of the functions of DCI.
However, Chhattisgarh health minister T S Singhdeo strongly defended his nomination to DCI from Chhattisgarh saying “We go by his merits and potential for DCI than the CBI cases which are politically motivated”.
Singhdeo told TOI “to the best of my knowledge, there is no such reservation or limitation for nominating as state representative in DCI election. I am aware that even BJP is pushing someone as its representative from Karnataka”.
“Dr Muzumdar has been president of DCI during UPA regime. I strongly defend his nomination”. Many senior Congress leaders from other states have also suggested his name from Chhattisgarh”, he said adding “If the Congress high command have any objection, we can always revise the decision”.
Former DCI member from Chhattisgarh Dr Anil Khakaria said there are many capable and known dentists in the state and it is surprising that the health minister could find only a person whose tenure in DCI as its president has been marred with controversies. He said the dentists have already sought chief minister Bhupesh Baghel’s intervention to cancel his nomination in the interests of dentists of Chhattisgarh.
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