Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated and dedicated five AIIMS to the nation, and laid the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth more than Rs 48,100 crore, in Gujarat’s Rajkot.

In a significant move to bolster national healthcare in the country, Prime Minister Modi inaugurated five new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) campuses in Rajkot (Gujarat), Bathinda (Punjab), Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh), Kalyani (West Bengal), and Mangalagiri (Andhra Pradesh).

At the event in Rajkot, PM Modi said that India is developing at a fast pace after inaugurating and dedicating all five AIIMS to the nation.

Today, the nation has witnessed a glimpse of the level of healthcare facilities that will be available in a developed India, PM Modi said. Despite 50 years of independence, there was only one AIIMS hospital in the country, and it was situated in Delhi. In the seven decades of independence, only seven AIIMS hospitals were approved, but none of them were ever completed, he added.

The Prime Minister has inaugurated over 200 healthcare infrastructure projects worth more than Rs. 11,500 crores across 23 states and union territories. He also laid the foundation stone for these projects. In addition, the Prime Minister has inaugurated the Medical College of JIPMER in Karaikal, Puducherry, and a 300-bed satellite centre of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical and Educational Research (PGIMER) in Sangrur, Punjab.

Additionally, PM Modi inaugurated, dedicated to the nation, and laid the foundation stone of 115 projects under the National Health Mission and Prime Minister Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM). The Prime Minister took a significant step towards increasing renewable energy production in the region by laying the foundation stone of several renewable energy projects. These include the 300 MW Bhuj-II Solar Power Project, a grid-connected 600 MW Solar PV Power Project,

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday joined Congress leader Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra. This came days after the seat-sharing deal between SP and Congress was finalised for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who played the crucial role in finalising the seat-sharing deal between SP and Congress, was also present at the Yatra.

During the Yatra, the former Uttar Pradesh CM Yadav thanked the people of UP and said the biggest challenges, in the coming days, are to save the democracy and the Constitution to fulfil the dream of the BR Ambedkar, which has been ruined by the BJP-led central government. He gave a slogan, “BJP Haatao, Desh Bachao.”  

The Wayanad MP, while addressing the public, said that the poor in this country face injustice all the time. The reason for hatred is injustice, so we have added the word justice to our journey, he added.

It has been a year since Congress completed the Bharat Jodo Yatra, walking 4,000 km from Kanyakumari to Kashmir. During the yatra, a person told Rahul that he had been trying to open a “Mohabbat Ki Dukan” in “Nafrat Ka Bazaar.” Now, along with Yadav and Priyanka, we are trying to do it again, Rahul added.

Priyanka Gandhi also expressed her happiness over Yadav joining the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra today. Earlier, while addressing the public, Priyanka said that the BJP has been in power for 10 years and during this time, many big events such as the G20 Summit took place. Everyone said that the respect of the country is increasing due to such events, and Congress agreed to it, she added.

However, she questioned whether the respect of the country is not connected to the young, policemen, and students. She highlighted the lack of job opportunities for the youth, farmers still protesting on roads, and inflation being a burden for the people of the country.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday that he should get a Nobel prize for running a government in Delhi following the interference of the central government in the development of the national capital.

Taking a jibe at the Narendra Modi-led central government, the AAP convenor Kejriwal said that the Centre had tried to stop the construction of schools and hospitals in the national capital. BJP does not want the poor to get the same level of education as their children, Kejriwal attacked. Further, Kejriwal said that he only knows how difficult it is to run the government in Delhi.

Speaking on the Delhi Jal Board scheme, the AAP chief said that the Board has passed the scheme. Now this scheme has to be passed in the cabinet. BJP asked Delhi LG to stop this scheme, he alleged. Officers have been threatened, they are crying, he said.

Kejriwal further said that when AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj and Delhi Minister  Atishi called the officers to ask why they were not bringing the bill, the officers said that they had been threatened that if this scheme came to the cabinet, they would be suspended. Just like Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain are in jail, you will also put officers in jail by filing false cases of ED, CBI, Kejriwal further alleged.

Earlier today, AAP leaders held a protest over water bills at the party office.

During a press conference, Kejriwal spoke about the alleged attempt of the BJP-led central government to prevent the implementation of the one-time settlement scheme for unpaid water bills in the city.

He also stated that if the BJP was in power, they would have disconnected everyone’s water supply. However, he assured the citizens that he would not let this happen. He added that if anyone believes that their water bill is accurate, they should pay it, but if they have any doubts, they need not pay until it is cleared. The CM also said that the AAP party would not allow the BJP to indulge in any kind of violence.