A meeting of Bharatiya Janata Party office bearers is expected to take place on August 17 in the national capital with membership drive, preparedness for the assembly polls and organisational elections on the agenda, party sources said
Earlier today, doctors and medical students held a protest at AIIMS Delhi on Tuesday after the Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) called for a nationwide shutdown of OPD services from Tuesday in solidarity against the sexual assault and murder of a woman doctor.
In a letter addressed to the Union Health Minister JP Nadda, FORDA expressed its deep condemnation of the horrific circumstances surrounding the death, describing it as "perhaps the greatest travesty to have occurred in the history of the resident doctor community."
Union Minister of State and BJP leader Sukanta Majumdar on Sunday wrote to Union Health Minister JP Nadda to take steps to prevent future tragedies like the recent one at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata.
"Earlier, this institute (AIIMS Rajkot) was dependent on NIV (National Institute of Virology) Pune for virus detection, now it is self-sufficient for virus detection. PM Modi envisioned providing tertiary (higher-end) healthcare facilities to the common people," said JP Nadda after visiting
Addressing a public gathering during the Tiranaga Yatra, Nadda said, "Today as we set out on 'Tiranga Yatra' and see 'Tiranaga' all around us, the period of freedom also comes to mind. The state (Gujarat) has played a big role in the independence movement of our nation."
Union Minister JP Nadda congratulated the Indian men's hockey team for winning the bronze medal at the ongoing Paris Olympics and said that the entire country is proud of the extraordinary and dedicated performance of skills displayed by the team.