INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Stalin, several political leaders and many common people came down heavily on the appointment of Shanmugha Subbiah, a Chennai-based
oncologist, who recently landed in a controversial woman harassment case, to the managing committee of the All India Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS) that is to come up in Madurai.Urging Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami to write to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to
remove Subbiah from the committee and appoint Members of Parliament from the State
The woman neighbor was also forced to withdraw the complaint, which allowed the doctor to get away from the case.Demanding his immediate
removal from the committee, TNCC President K S Alagiri said a massive protest would be organized by the Youth Congress cadre if it was not
In a statement, Alagiri recalled that it was the Tamil Nadu Congress Student wing president Aswathaman who complained to the police about
appointment of Subbiah that the hashtag #AIIMS started trending.Congress MP Jothimani reproduced her letter to Union Health Minister Harsh
Varadhan referring to the past behavior of the AIIMS committee member while dealing with his lone woman neighbour
Subbiah was the only doctor from the State to be appointed for the proposed AIIMS
