Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today requested Union Minister Deepa Dasmunsi to end her fast to press for setting up an AIIMS-like institute in her constituency Raiganj, West Bengal .
Dr. Singh spoke to Dasmunsi, who began hunger strike here on Friday, and assured support for her demand.
“Yes, the Prime Minister called me in the morning around 9:37 a.m. He requested me to withdraw the fast. He said that we will together see that AIIMS like hospital can be set up here,” Dasmunsi said. (ANI)