The Union Health Minister once again exposed in parliament the DMK leaders’ false claims about AIIM Madurai.
DMK MP and party’s Parliamentary leader TR Baalu raised questions regarding AIIMS Madurai in the ongoing session of the Parliament.
DMK MP TR Balu asked Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya in his question: “I have two pertinent questions about the Ministry of Health. How many colleges are operating without infrastructure, and how many colleges has the Prime Minister laid the foundation stone for but has yet to start?”
While Baalu did not mention ‘Madurai AIIMS’ in his question, Mandaviya assumed he was asking about it because the DMK and its alliance partners in the state have repeatedly claimed that the central government has failed to fulfil its promise to build an AIIMS in Madurai despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi laying the foundation stone in 2019.
Responding to TR Balu’s question, Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said, “Politics can be done on any issue. The politics which is being done here are misdirecting from the question regarding Madurai AIIMS. The classes for students at Madurai AIIMS have already begun; just the infrastructure is not present. Why are you giving the wrong information to the people of Tamil Nadu?”
He elaborated on the reasons for the delay and the status of work, saying that the state government did not allot land on time, which has resulted in cost escalation, and that the project was funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), but Japanese officials were unable to visit the site for two years due to the coronavirus pandemic. He also stated that the Modi government has already allocated ₹1900 crore for the project and that the tendering process is currently underway.
The Health Minister also stated that the DMK MPs were making a hue and cry because he had taken action against colleges which did not have proper infrastructure and faculties.
The video, which includes a Tamil translation of the conversation between Union Health Minister and DMK MP TR Balu, was shared by Tamil Nadu BJP president Annamalai in order to expose the DMK’s lies about AIIMS Madurai. He criticized DMK saying, “For DMK Partymen, personal business interests always take precedence over public welfare. Hon Minister of Health Thiru @mansukhmandviya avl tears apart the attempt of DMK MP TR Baalu trying to misguide the people of TN, as usual in Arivalayam style!”
For DMK Partymen, personal business interests always take precedence over public welfare.
Hon Minister of Health Thiru @mansukhmandviya avl tears apart the attempt of DMK MP TR Baalu trying to misguide the people of TN, as usual in Arivalayam style! pic.twitter.com/iTikjpi2kL
— K.Annamalai (@annamalai_k) February 10, 2023
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