"We have given an assurance to the AIIMS coordination committee that we will talk to Centre to obtain appropriate orders by July 20", Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh told reporters after a four-and-a-half hour long discussion with the AIIMS committee here today.
The Deputy Chief Minister said that the agitation by the AIIMS coordination committee has been deferred.
"Principally a consensus has been achieved that Jammu should have an AIIMS and that should be established soon. We have given this assurance to the members of the coordination committee, who are also our people," he said.
"On the written assurance, we have decided to defer the 72-hours long bandh call," he told media.
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On reports of few members of the committee expressing reservations about the talks, Sharma said the members may have differing views in their personal capacity.
Talking to reporters, former Jammu Bar Association President, B S Salathia said, "We had differences over calling off the bandh. They have actually succumbed before the government."
Chanting pro-AIIMS and anti-government slogans, the members were sitting on hunger strike for the past one week.
The AIIMS coordination committee, an amalgam of more than 70 social, religious, political, business and civil society groups including J&K High Court Bar Association, Jammu, which is spearheading the campaign.
The group also has the backing of several political parties, including Congress and Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP).