Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Friday alleged that the Congress government in Punjab is "blocking" the inauguration of AIIMS in Bathinda after making "repeated attempts" to stall the project.
She urged Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to work in the larger interest of the state and its people, and be proactive towards timely implementation of the project of national interest.
"Since his government came to power in 2017, Punjab Chief Minister Singh have been putting one obstacle after another in the stage-wise execution of the prestigious AIIMS Bathinda project," she said.
"This time, the state government is deliberately delaying the power supply to the premier medical institute as is evident from the Union health ministry''s latest communiqué to the state chief secretary," the Bathinda MP said. Inauguration of the facility it is held up due to no power supply, she alleged.