Himachal Pradesh polls – Ground Report: Chamba hospital has names of stalwarts Nehru and Vajpayee, but voters rue it’s only ‘naam ka medical college’

‘Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital, Chamba (HP)… affiliated to Atal Medical and Research University (AMRU), HP…’ reads a huge board outside Akhand Chandi Palace, a heritage building in Chamba town, and the premises from where the classes for medical college are being run for six years now.

A close look at the board and one realises it is something rare. The Akhand Chandi Palace in Chamba, where the classes of Pt Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital are held as its own building is still under construction. (Express Photo)

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Atal Bihari Vajpayee – two former prime ministers from rival parties and stalwarts of Indian politics whose names are still echoing in the campaigns for Himachal Pradesh assembly polls – on the same page in a state ruled by alternate Congress and BJP governments.