07-20-2006, 09:23 PM
<b>FAIMS President resigns</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->President of the Faculty Association of AIIMS AB Dey, considered close to Union Health Minister A Ramadoss, resigned on Thursday from his post, a fall-out of the tussle between the minister and Institute Director P Venugopal.
The resignation of Dey is yet another important development in the running battle between Venguopal and Ramadoss, with majority of the Association office bearers being considered supporters of the Director.
A source in the Institute said<b> Dey's resignation was immediately accepted by the FAAIIMS' General Body which met in New Delhi</b>.
In a letter addressed to the FAIMS Secretary, Dey said "taking full responsibility of the recent developments involving the Faculty Association, I resign from the post of the President, FAIMS."
<b>Dey said "some of his statements, circulated in the media, were his personal opinions and not that of the association."</b>
He also apologised to members who "may have been hurt" by any of his acts of "omission and commission " since he took over as President of the FAIMS in May 2003.
<b>Vice President and the General Secretary of the FAIMS had earlier distanced the Association from the comments of Dey regarding the anti-reservation agitation, which were circulated on the FAIMS letterhead</b>.
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The resignation of Dey is yet another important development in the running battle between Venguopal and Ramadoss, with majority of the Association office bearers being considered supporters of the Director.
A source in the Institute said<b> Dey's resignation was immediately accepted by the FAAIIMS' General Body which met in New Delhi</b>.
In a letter addressed to the FAIMS Secretary, Dey said "taking full responsibility of the recent developments involving the Faculty Association, I resign from the post of the President, FAIMS."
<b>Dey said "some of his statements, circulated in the media, were his personal opinions and not that of the association."</b>
He also apologised to members who "may have been hurt" by any of his acts of "omission and commission " since he took over as President of the FAIMS in May 2003.
<b>Vice President and the General Secretary of the FAIMS had earlier distanced the Association from the comments of Dey regarding the anti-reservation agitation, which were circulated on the FAIMS letterhead</b>.
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