UP: Padayatra demanding AIIMS in Varanasi
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Varanasi: Leaders cutting across party lines, medical practitioners and students today took out a march demanding establishment of an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Varanasi, the Lok Sabha constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Hundreds marched from Banaras Hindu University (BHU) gate to the parliamentary office of Modi in Ravindrapuri.
The padayatra was led by Om Shankar, a cardiologist at BHU. SP leader Satish Fauzi, Shailendra Singh of Congress, Sanjeev Singh of AAP and leaders from BSP and BJP also joined the march.
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