AIIMS issue: Hunger strike in Jammu enters day 5

Over 40 members of the AIIMS coordination committee took their turn as the chain hunger strike entered <g data-gr-id="15">fifth</g> consecutive day on Tuesday.

The AIIMS coordination committee is an amalgam of over 70 religious, social, political, business and civil society groups, spearheading agitation in support of setting up of an AIIMS in the Jammu region.

Around 40 members from several groups, including SOS International, an organisation of the PoK refugees, took their turn to sit on strike on Tuesday.

"We have already extended our support to the cause of setting up of AIIMS in Jammu. Our organisation, SOS International which has been representing PoK refugees is also a part of the AIIMS coordination committee, today we decided to sit for the hunger strike", said Rajiv Chuni, president, SOS International.

Panun Kashmir, an organisation of displaced Kashmiri Pandits, which is also a part of AIIMS coordination committee was <g data-gr-id="17">schedule</g> to sit for the <g data-gr-id="18">huger</g> strike on Tuesday, however their turn was postponed.