Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the cabinet meeting on Tuesday decided to name the medical College as Barpeta Medical College.
“The names of all the medical colleges in Assam are geographic location specific. Like the medical College in Guwahati is Gauhati Medical College, the one in Dhubri as Dhubri Medical College etc. However while naming this medical College in Barpeta, it was named after the former President.”
“This has led to a confusion among the people and often the medical College is considered as a private medical College due to the name. The cabinet decided to rename it as Barpeta Medical College. However, while renaming it as Barpeta Medical College, it was also decided to name another institution befitting to the stature of the former President of India, will be named after the former President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed,” he said .
Sarma said that while the Prime Minister will visit Kokrajhar Guwahati and Silchar during his two day visit, Union Home Minister Amit Shah is also scheduled to visit the election bound state on March 15.
He added, “The Prime Minister will arrive in Kokrajhar on March 13 around 2 pm. He is scheduled to lay the foundation stone of a rail coach making facility at Basbari. After the foundation laying ceremony, the Prime Minister will inaugurate several new projects and dedicate to the nation several projects including bridges and launch the service of three new trains.”
Sarma said that after the programme in Kokrajhar, the Prime Minister will come to Guwahati to ceremonially start the planned programme to give land pattas to the tea Tribes community.”On March 14, the Prime Minister will go to Silchar in Barak Valley and would lay the foundation stone of Silchar-Guwahati express Highway which will be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs. 22000 crore. The Union Home Minister will arrive Assam on March 15 and he would inaugurate the Pragjyotishpur Medical College, Assam’s 14th medical College and Guwahati ‘s second medical College.
“In the afternoon, the Union Home Minister will take part in a Yuva Samaroh of the BJP youth wing at Guwahati,” Sarma said.
