| AIIMS CC extends bandh upto Aug 5, thanks people | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 2: The utter failure of the untrustworthy and mischievous elements to make mockery of the sentiments of people of Jammu region and not announcing a full-fledged AIIMS for the region has forced the AIIMS Coordination Committee, spearheading the AIIMS agitation for Jammu to extend the Bandh by another three days up to August 5.
The Chairman of the AIIMS CC and President JKHCBA, Jammu, Abhinav Sharma, while addressing a hurriedly convened joint press conference here said: "The AIIMS CC had hoped that the massive response to the bandh call would make the insensitive BJP to read the writing on wall, but it was not to be. The BJP yet again betrayed the people of Jammu region by taking recourse to white lies calculated aimed at hoodwinking the people."
The AIIMS CC chairman explained that The AIIMS Act does not allow what the Union Health Minister J P Nadda tweeted on July 30th and what the cornered BJP Ministers here in J&K are trying to make the people of Jammu understand. "No AIIMS in India can ever have two Presidents, two Vice-Chancellors, two Governing Bodies and two Directors. What they are saying is the gross violation of the Act and an act of criminal disinformation. Nowhere in India has the AIIMS been divided into two parts, two campuses because it will defeat the very purpose of the Institution," he said, adding that the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Amendment) Act 2012 clearly says that to establish an AIIMS in any state, it is mandatory to issue a notification clearly specifying the place and the state where AIIMS is to be established.
"Breaking AIIMS Institution into parts and dispersing the parts in various parts of the state defeat the very purpose of Medical Research Institution," said Sharma, adding that AIIMS has three specific components-Research, Medical Education and Healthcare facilities. The BJP Ministers have only made a mockery of themselves and exposed their abject ignorance of the issue, he said.
Lambasting the BJP leadership in the state as well as at the Centre, Abhinav Sharma advised the competent authorities in New Delhi to make a simple announcement and issue a notification as required by the Act that they shall establish AIIMS in Jammu in the current financial year without indulging in vague and misleading statements. This is must to defuse the potentially dangerous situation in the region.
Commending the enthusiasm and wholehearted support of the people of Jammu to the cause of Jammu, AIIMS CC chairman said this is people's movement which no power on earth can defeat.
He reassured the people of Jammu region that the AIIMS CC would come up to their expectations and not let them down as the BJP did in a most ugly manner. He appealed to the people to expose the black sheep so that Jammu region is cleared of all anti-Jammu elements.
Meanwhile in an emergency and urgent meeting convened at Chamber House the Presidents and General Secretaries of all major Bazars / Traders Associations / Industrialists unanimously urged to the President CCI. Rakesh Gupta to extend the Bandh by 72 hours unless and until the Government / Administration produces an authentic document to support the claim of setting up of an independent AIIMS at Jammu.
Among others who were present during the press conference included President Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), Jammu, Rakesh Gupta, Chairman All J&K Passenger Transport Welfare Association, Sardar Trilochan Singh Wazir, former president JKHCBA, Jammu and senior advocate B S Slathia, retd Sessions Judge and president JPPF, Pavitar Singh, Professor Hari Om Mahajan, President Amar Kashtriya Rajput Sabha, Narayan Singh and Sr vice-president CCI, Jammu, Sham Lal Langar and President Two By Two Buses Association, Mohinder Singh.
Meanwhile, those who sat on chain hunger strike today included members of Doordarshan Approved Artists Association namely Madan Rangila, Sandesh Vir, Rajinder Mangotra, Janak Khajuria, Sanjeev Nirdosh, K D Koul, Harbans Sharma, Vijay Magotra, Vikas Kohli, Mrs Shammi Malhotra, Shiv Dutt Sharma, Rajinder Narang, K D Koul and Kuldeep Sharma. |
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