AAP, Congress spar over new medical colleges
Chandigarh, March 11 -- The vidhan sabha witnessed stormy scenes during question hour after the Congress strongly objected to minister Aman Arora replying to a question posed by LoP Partap Singh Bajwa to the health minister regarding new government medical colleges in the state, triggering heated exchanges between the two sides.
Arora, along with finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema and several other AAP legislators, even rushed to the well of the House, accusing the LoP of using 'objectionable words'.
Arora and Bajwa traded barbs and pointed fingers at each other.
Congress legislators Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa and Partap Singh Bajwa, in a starred question on Day 4 of the ongoing budget session, had asked about the new government medical colleges opened since March 2022.
In a written reply, health minister Balbir Singh named ESIC Medical College, Ludhiana, and a private medical college in Mandi Gobindgarh, adding that seven more medical colleges were in the pipeline. Tript Bajwa and Partap Bajwa expressed dissatisfaction with the response.
At this stage, Arora got up to speak on the matter, but the LoP objected, saying that Arora was not the health minister and should let the latter reply.
A heated verbal exchange ensued between the two leaders, with both using expressions that were later expunged by the speaker from the proceedings.
The order was restored in the House after the speaker announced to proceed with the next question. HTC...
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