Jammu, Jan 15: The Union Health Ministry has officially announced that Jugal Kishore (MP, Jammu) and Rajkumar Roat (MP from Banswara, Rajasthan) will be appointed as members of the governing body of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Vijaypur (Samba), Jammu.
In a statement, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare confirmed their membership in the AIIMS Jammu governing body following their election.
“Exercising the authority granted by Section 4(g) of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Act, 1956 (25 of 1956), as modified by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Amendment) Act, 2012 (37 of 2012), the Central Government hereby appoints Shri Jugal Kishore and Shri Rajkumar Roat, elected by the members of Lok Sabha, to serve as Members of the Institute Body of All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, Vijaypur (Samba), Jammu,” states the notification.
Jugal Kishore Sharma is affiliated with the BJP, while Rajkumar Roat is the founder of the Bharat Adivasi Party.
According to the Ministry’s announcement, the term of the members will be subject to the provisions outlined in Section 6 of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Act, 1956.
As specified in the AIIMS Act of 1956, the governing body consists of three members of parliament, two of whom are elected by the members of the House of the People, and one is elected by the members of the Council of States. (KNO)
