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Kerala’s Health Minister Veena George has confirmed to the state Assembly that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Central government has approved Kerala’s proposal to establish AIIMS at Kinalur in Kozhikode. However, the news triggered a political slugfest between Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat rivals \u2013 Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar. The two leaders engaged in an ugly spat on microblogging site X, formerly Twitter. Tharoor slammed BJP’s ‘misleading’ promises, while Rajeev Chandrashekhar retorted by calling the Congress MP’ smooth talking, do-nothing, Lying types’.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Notably, this will be the first AIIMS set up in Kerala.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Shashi Tharoor took to X to post that no MP can promise to set up the prestigious AIIMS in Kerala, more so in a place of their choice. Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram Tharoor mentioned that despite his ‘best efforts and intensive lobbying for an AIIMS’ in his Lok Sabha constituency, the Central Government accepted the CPI(M)-run Kerala Government’s proposal to set up AIIMS in Kozhikode.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“I honestly told voters that the state government had opted for Kozhikode, and that was the sole choice before the Centre. Yesterday, Kerala health minister Veena George informed the state assembly that the central government has accepted Kerala’s proposal to set up an AIIMS at Kinalur in Kozhikode.” Tharoor posted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“Shame on those BJP candidates who misled voters by promising otherwise!” Shashi Tharoor added in an apparent dig at his BJP rival for the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat \u2013 Rajeev Chandrashekhar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nI stated during the election campaign that no MP can promise to set up an AIIMS in any location of his choice \u2013 it depends on what the state government proposes and the central government agrees to. Despite my best efforts, and intensive lobbying for an AIIMS in my constituency,\u2026<\/p>\n