Two girls were injured by official vehicle carrying union health minister JP Nadda, as the later tried to evade protests by medical students at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhopal, here on Saturday. The incident was reported around 1 p.m. when students were protesting against the hospital’s administration over delay in operations of several departments at the hospital-cum-medical college. The motorcade, however, zipped out of the institute. Hindustan Times reported that the police used mild force to get the students to vacate the site. “We wanted to stop him”, said the student.
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According to reports, over nearly 50 students were protesting at AIIMS Bhopal. Two third-year MBBS students, identified as Ijha Pandey and Anjali Krishna, fell down and sustained minor injuries in the scuffle.
The incident took place in Bhopal when Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Nadda was leaving the AIIMS premises after paying a visit. Nadda was on his first visit to the institute.
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The minister was accompanied by Bhopal MP Alok Sanjar, minister Rustam Singh and senior doctors of the institute.
