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Indian Express
24-07-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Previous govts invoked JP, but failed to honour his wishes: Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said that even as the previous governments in the state invoked Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan and his legacy, they failed to honour his wishes as they did not even upgrade a health centre named after the late socialist leader's wife at his native village Sitab Diara in Ballia district. Unveiling JP's statue in Gorakhpur, the chief minister said: 'At a time when India's democracy was under threat due to the Congress' authoritarian tendencies, it was Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan who revived it and gave it a new lease of life. A true disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, JP dedicated his entire life to upholding India's cultural identity and the core values on which the nation's foundation rests. He lived not for himself but for the country and its people.' Highlighting the long-pending demand to upgrade the health centre in Sitab Diara, Adityanath said, 'Unfortunately, the governments that came to power in his name failed to honour this request. It is our privilege that we have fulfilled his vision by transforming the health centre into a 100-bed facility.' He added, 'Sitab Diara, which is located at the confluence of the Ganga and Saryu rivers on the Uttar Pradesh-Bihar border, is the birthplace of Jayaprakash Narayan. Deeply rooted in his village, JP remained closely connected to it throughout his life. In 1977, he had proposed establishing a health centre there and wished for it to be named after his wife Prabhavati Devi ji.' Meanwhile, the CM asserted that no one will be allowed to grab land illegally in the state and instructed officials to free encroached land and take strict action against those involved in such practices. Hearing grievances during a Janata Darshan at the Gorakhnath temple premises, he assured people that no injustice will be tolerated under his watch. 'The government stands firmly with the poor and the victims,' he said, instructing officials to swiftly free encroached land and take strict action against those involved. Addressing complaints of family land disputes, he emphasised the importance of peaceful resolution through dialogue and fair distribution of property. The chief minister assured them of full government support and handed over applications to officials with instructions to expedite treatment estimates and ensure timely approval through the administration. 'All complaints whether related to revenue, policing, or medical needs must be addressed with transparency, urgency, and compassion,' he added. — PTI inputs
Time of India
30-06-2025
- Health
- Time of India
MRI facility opened at LNJP Hospital
Patna: Health minister Mangal Pandey on Monday inaugurated the MRI facility at Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital in Rajvanshinagar, Patna. The service will be available to the general public from July 8 at a rate 6% lower than that prescribed by the CGHS. The minister said the facility was developed at a cost of Rs 7.5 crore. Pandey also announced that the country's largest 400-bed neuro and orthopaedic hospital, being constructed in Patna, would be ready within the next two months. The hospital is being built at an estimated cost of Rs 215 crore. "A dedicated sports injury unit will also be launched soon," he said. D igha MLA Sanjeev Chaurasia was present at the event. Pandey said under the Ayushman Bharat scheme, patients at LNJP Hospital receive free treatment worth Rs 1.5 crore annually. He also extended his best wishes to LNJP director Dr Subhash Chandra on his retirement. "He has served the public diligently as a doctor for the past 18 years," the minister said.
United News of India
25-06-2025
- Politics
- United News of India
Will Congress apologise for strangling Constitution during Emergency: BJP MP Prasad
Mumbai, June 25 (UNI) Senior BJP leader and former Union minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, today recounted the atrocities committed during the Emergency in 1975, saying that the Congress had turned the entire country into a prison and tortured opposition activists during the period and sought to know will its leaders apologise for the same. Addressing a press conference here organised to commemorate 50 years of the Emergency, he said that one-and-a-half lakh people were arrested across the country during the Emergency, including all the leaders of the major opposition parties like Jan Sangh and Samajwadi Party. Among them was Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan who was kept in jail in Haryana, he recalled and said that Morarji Desai was also kept in the same jail. No one was allowed to meet the two leaders, he said. RSS volunteers and Jana Sangh workers were physically tortured in jail, he alleged. Prasad further alleged that the Constitution was strangled by making several amendments during the Emergency and wondered will Congress leaders apologise for turning the entire country into a prison and torturing opposition activists during the Emergency, and for forcibly performing sterilisation surgeries and atrocities on the common people. He said that 253 journalists were arrested during the Emergency, out of them, 110 journalists were arrested under the MISA Act, 110 under the Protection of Information Act and 33 were arrested under other serious offences, he added. UNI SP SS
