Dharamshala, Sept. 16 -- BJP MP from Hamirpur Anurag Thakur on Wednesday said more than 90% of the construction work on the permanent campus of the Central University at Dehra has been completed and expressed hope that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would inaugurate the campus before Diwali.

The former Union minister was speaking to media persons at Haripur in Kangra district's Dehra area. When asked about the construction work being halted, he said he had discussed funding-related issues with the university vice-chancellor and the Union minister concerned. "Efforts were being made to resolve the issues that had hindered construction," he said, adding that the remaining work would be completed soon.

Thakur said the permanent campus would ...