By Scroll Staff
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday that the state government has decided to rename the Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College and Hospital as Barpeta Medical College and Hospital.
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed was the fifth president of the country and the only person from Assam to have held the post.
Sarma claimed at a press conference that the decision was taken because all other government medical colleges in the state “were named in relation to the geographical entities”, such as the Gauhati Medical College and Dhubri Medical College.
“But somehow Barpeta Medical College was named as Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College,” the Bharatiya Janata Party leader said. “That has led to some confusion.”
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