Day 4: Hunger strike over AIIMS on in Jammu

The chain hunger strike launched by a coordination committee of various civil society groups spearheading agitation in support of setting up of an AIIMS in Jammu region, entered fourth day on Monday.

Around 30 members from various groups which are a part of the AIIMS coordination committee today took their turn to sit on strike.

"It is fourth consecutive day of the strike. 30 members from various groups which are part of AIIMS coordination committee today took their turn to sit on the strike," said Abhinav Sharma, president of the J&K High Court Bar Association Jammu (BAJ).

The AIIMS coordination committee, an amalgamation of over 70 social, religious, political, and business organisations in Jammu, was established after the reported shifting of AIIMS from Jammu region to Kashmir.

To press for their demand of the institute to be brought back to Jammu, the AIIMS coordination 

committee, supported by the members of other civil society groups, had started its indefinite dharna and chain hunger strike.