THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: BJP Thiruvananthapuram city district president Karamana Jayan has rejected Union Minister Suresh Gopi's demand that AIIMS should be set up in Alappuzha. Jayan said he does not know why Suresh Gopi said that AIIMS should be set up in Alappuzha. Speaking to a private channel, he said that AIIMS should be established in Thiruvananthapuram so that it would benefit both Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

"The most suitable site to set up AIIMS is Nettukalthara in Kallikkad panchayat, Thiruvananthapuram. Over 250 acres of land is available there. No other such suitable land is available in Kerala. In 2015, the then state government had appointed an expert team to study this site, and a detailed report was submitted," Jayan said.

“Thiruvananthapuram is the state capital and already has

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