GORAKHPUR/LUCKNOW, July 1 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday recalled his struggle to have AIIMS set up in Gorakhpur, outlining how the dream became a reality.

Addressing the first convocation of AIIMS Gorakhpur, he said, "I had to struggle from the street to Parliament to get an AIIMS in Gorakhpur. As a reward for the struggle, the prime minister laid the foundation of AIIMS in 2016. I am the one who has seen the growth of AIIMS from the seed to a fully grown tree."

"AIIMS was once a dream for Gorakhpur and today it is a gift to seven crore people. As I became CM one of the first things was to get land allocated for AIIMS," added Adityanath, who was a five-term MP from Gorakhpur from 1998 to 2017.

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