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JDU, BJP MPs demand central university in Motihari

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Press Trust of India New Delhi

"A delegation of MPs from JDU and BJP today met the Prime Minister for setting up a (central) university at the place where Gandhiji staged his first satyagraha," BJP MP from East Champaran Radha Mohan Singh told reporters outside Parliament.

He said the delegation comprising over 25 MPs from both the parties submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister in this regard.

In the memorandum, the MPs said the proposal to set up the university in Motihari was stuck out by Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal.

"The HRD Minister says there is no airport in (East Champaran) district but we want to bring to your notice that there are several places in the country where such institutions are located in districts from where the distance of airports is 150 km," it said.

 

  

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First Published: May 21 2012 | 2:55 PM IST

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