Dehradun, Feb. 20 -- Bhagwanpur MLA Mamata Rakesh of Congress raised the issue of establishing a government medical college in Bhagwanpur in district Haridwar, under Rule 58 concerning adjournment of work to raise important issues. She claimed that she has been raising this demand since several years. Leader of the Opposition Yashpal Arya also supported the demand raised by Mamata Rakesh and questioned, why despite assurances since 2016, there has been no progress in this regard.

Responding to the issue raised by Mamata Rakesh, Health Minister Dhan Singh Rawat explained that, under the existing norms of the Centre, the government can only set up one medical college in a district and reminded that there is already one in Haridwar, which h...