In a letter to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Member of Parliament from Guna constituency Jyotiraditya Scindia has demanded sanction of funds for the establishment for medical college in Shivpuri, after sanctioning funds for Khandwa and Datia colleges. Taking reference of the sanction of funds for the establishment of medical colleges from a new paper in which funds Rs158.50 crore and Rs 172.21 crore for Khandwa and Datia medical colleges have been sanctioned respectively.
He had claimed that along with Shivpuri five medical colleges in Vidisha, Shahdol, Khandwa and Datia were sanctioned in the year 2014 under the UPA –II regime and the same approved by the then Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad.
A letter of the Additional Secretary Health Welfare Ministry Vishwas Mehta was also provided with the letter which was having information of the establishment of the five medical colleges. On July 3, 2015 a delegation lead by Shivpuri MlA Mahendra Singh Sisodia and Guna MlA Ram Singh Yadav met Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan who assured the delegation that the process of establishment of the medical college at Shivpuri would be initiated soon but at the same time it was found that even after the approval from Government of India (GOI) one and a half years ago and assuring the delegation nothing has been started. The MOU has not been sent to the GOI and a letter to remind the state government regarding MOU was sent from GOI to the state on April 20, 2015.