India, July 16 -- The Maharashtra United Homeopathic Doctors Front (MUHDF) will go on a three-day hunger strike at Azad maidan starting Wednesday against the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and the state government's decision to withdraw the registration of homeopathy doctors under the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC).

After the MMC recently decided to allow homeopathic practitioners who have completed a certificate course in modern pharmacology (CCMP) to register and practice allopathic medicine, various organisations protested, leading to the withdrawal of the decision. Organisations including the IMA, the Maharashtra Senior Residents Doctors Association (MSRDA) opposed the registration calling it a risk to public health. The IMA eve...