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New Delhi, August 31Buoyed by the success of its free coaching scheme ‘Jai Bhim Mukhyamantri Pratibha Vikas Yojana’, the AAP government has decided to extend it to needy students from general category and other backward classes. Thirty-five underprivileged students, who got free coaching under the scheme, have cracked the JEE Main and NEET examination this year. Five of them have secured admissions to leading technical and medical institutions such as Lady Hardinge College, IIT-Delhi, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, National Institute of Technology Delhi and Banaras Hindu University. Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam said the government was considering extending the scheme to needy students belonging to OBC and general category. “At present, selected students are availing free coaching for four months..