“The Centre has given permission to 70 medical colleges and corruption to the tune of Rs 1,000 crore is assumed to have taken place in giving MCI clearance to these colleges. It seems that sanction to these medical colleges was given bypassing the Supreme Court-appointed Lodha Commission to check corruption,” in Kerala, opposition leader in the Assembly alleged it and demanded a probe by a Supreme Court judge into the alleged corruption in getting MCI clearance to a private medical college in the state. He said that the period of Lodha Commission ended on May 15.

The order for sanction of the colleges was issued on May 31, So a Supreme Court judge should probe the scam to bring out the truth into the allegations. Political Party in Kerala came under cloud after a purported internal report stated that a party functionary, took an amount of Rs 5.60 crore for getting the Medical Council of…