In a letter to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Member of Parliament Jyotiraditya Scindia said that it was learnt that the medical college of Shivpuri has been shifted.
He stated that former Union Minister of Health Gulabnabi Azad had announced the opening of medical college on in Shivpuri on February 7, 2014 in public meeting of Shivpuri. In a letter on February 19, 2014 of Dr Vishwas Mehta, Joint Secretary in Union Ministry of Health and Welfare was sent to Ajay Tirky, Principal Secretary of Madhya Pradesh Health and Medical Education department for consenting opening of five medical colleges in Chhindwara, Ratlam, Shivpuri, Vidisha and Sahadol districts of MP. In addition to these five medical colleges, two other medical colleges in Datia and Khandwa were given consent in the letter dated February 21, 2014 and March 4, 2014.
Thus in all seven medical colleges were sanctioned by former UPA Government for Madhya Pradesh. The foundation stone laying ceremony for Shivpuri medical college was done on February 27, 2014. Dr PK Saraswat, Professor of GR medical college of Gwalior was appointed as nodal officer for establishing Shivpuri medical college by the MP Government through letter dated March 24, 2014.
In this regard Shivpuri Collector had passed an order no; 15/2013-14/A-20(3rd) dated July 10, 2014 transferring 12 hectares of land to Medical Education department of Madhya Pradesh. In this matter a delegation of MlAs had met with the Chief Minister when he told them that MP Government does not consider shifting the medical college elsewhere.
However, the MP Government did not include in its memorandum Shivpuri medical college sent to Government of India.
“I have therefore to request you to include Shivpuri medical college in an amended memorandum and send it to Government of India. For this, the people of Shivpuri would remain obliged to you,” he added in the letter.