PM Modi's Punjab visit Highlights: PM Narendra Modi cancels Ferozepur rally, leaves for Delhi

PM Narendra Modi's Punjab visit Highlights: Prime Minister Narendra Modi cancelled the Ferozepur rally due to bad weather. He was set to lay the foundation stone of PGI Satellite Centre at Ferozepur and two medical colleges at Hoshiarpur and Kapurthala on Wednesday. His visit came ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections 2022.

Preparations were in full swing ahead of PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Punjab's Ferozepur for laying the foundation stone for PGIMER’s Satellite Centre. However, the rain played spoilsport. Apart from this, PM Modi was supposed to lay the foundation of two medical colleges in Punjab at Hoshiarpur and Kapurthala.

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Punjab Governor Banwari Lal Purohit, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, and former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh were to be present at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the PGIMER’ Satellite Centre by the Prime Minister, which was scheduled to take place at 1.00 pm on Wednesday.

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The foundation of the other two medical colleges in Punjab at Hoshiarpur and Kapurthala was to be laid down by PM Narendra Modi. With a combined cost of 650 crores, these two medical colleges were said to prepare for training to 200 MBBS candidates. It is anticipated that these two colleges would be ready within the next 2 years.

PM Narendra Modi's Punjab visit Highlights:

-PTC News