Nadda faces ink attack at Bhopal AIIMS

BHOPAL: Protesting students at Bhopal’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) sprayed black ink on Union health minister JP Nadda on Saturday, underlining growing anger over poor infrastructure and dismal facilities 13 years after the campus was inaugurated.

Nadda’s white kurta was left with black blots after an unidentified protester sprayed ink when the minister was about to get into his vehicle after completing his visit.

The incident came months after Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal faced a similar attack when a woman threw ink at him during an official function.

Nadda was immediately whisked out of the campus.

Two third-year MBBS students—identified as Anjali Krishna and Ijha Pandey—sustained minor injuries when security personnel allegedly shoved them to stop protesters from moving towards the minister.

Police used force to stop a group of 50-odd medical students who tried to block the minister’s cavalcade, eye-witnesses said.

One of the placards carried by the protesters read, “Waiting for development. Waiting for next politician to arrive”.