AIIMS row-Mohindra poses questionnaire to Harsimrat to tell the truth
KS Diwan/ royalpatiala.in/ Chandigarh
Shiromani Akali Dal Badal- BJP led Government which ruled Punjab for ten years has backstabbed the youth of Punjab. Brahm Mohindra stated this, while addressing the media at Bathinda today. Mohindra presented the facts and figures about the AIIMS which Union minister is again and again talking about and misguiding the people of Punjab specially people of Bathinda.
Elaborating about AIIMS, Mohindra said that how the SAD-BJP government sat on the project for two and half years with Government of India doing nothing in the progress of AIIMS. SAD-BJP government took two and half years just to lay the foundation stone of the AIIMS that too just ahead of the assembly elections, interestingly no land was transferred till then. The 180 acres of land was given ex-post facto approval by the cabinet on dated 20-09-18 after our Government took over. Now can the union minister tell the people of Punjab which AIIMS she was talking, for so long when her own government in the state and the centre was there and no land was transferred since 20-04-15. Mohindra further said that the congress Government led by Capt. Amarinder Singh made all the efforts to address all the pending issues, thus making this project see the day of light in two years of time.
Taking on the Union Minister, Mohindra said that she was saying that the state government was not cooperating, but the truth of the matter is PGI wrote to the Additional Secretary Health to start the classes in Baba Farid University on Dated 25-03-19, while we have responded back to the Vice Chancellor Baba Farid on 27-03-19. Now can the Union Minister tell who has to start the classes, instead of issuing the statements in the media and befooling the people of Punjab why doesn’t she go and sit in Delhi and get the final approval letter from GOI. It is pertinent to mention here that the sites for starting the classes were also proposed by our Government.
On the issue of power grid to AIIMS, Mohindra said that in a joint meeting with all the stakeholders on dated 26-11-18 and 09-01-19, it has already been decided that PSPCL would provide 3MW load by 30-04-19 and unlimited load by 31-05-19. Now if there is delay in the completion of the building of AIIMS and start of OPD then who is to be blamed for this. Mrs. Badal should instead apologise from the people of Punjab and Bathinda for not making it up in the stipulated time rather than passing the buck on us.
Mohindra, while taking head on the Union minister, further said that she should tell the truth to people of Punjab. How many students from Punjab will get admission to AIIMS and how many will get admission to medical college Mohali? Mrs Badal should reply to the youth of Punjab. The fact is, in AIIMS there is no reservation of the home state for admitting students but if there is medical college in Mohali of 100 seats, 85 students will be admitted from the state. Now I again ask Mrs. Badal to reply on the medical college Mohali, which project was intentionally scrapped by Parkash Singh Badal. The then chief minister, and close relative of the Union Minister. The GOI sanctioned Medical college at SAS Nagar with 100 seats on dated 19-02-14, with project outlay of 189 Crores on 75-25 (142 Cr GOI share) sharing with GOI but the then Chief Minister wrote four times on the official file not to start this project. Myself and the Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh wrote DO letters to the union health minister and again took up this project which was finally sanctioned on 21-06-18 with 60-40 (113Cr) share of GOI thus the state having incurred a loss of 28 Crores.
Mohindra said that now the union minister should come forward and stop telling lies to the people of Punjab and admit the failure of her government at the centre and the then state government also, and apologize to the people.
