The Centre approved the Darbhanga AIIMS in 2020 but since BJP and Nitish Kumar's JD(U) parted ways last year it has been in the middle of a tussle between the two sides.
The BJP accused the chief minister Nitish Kumar-led government of stalling Bihar’s development for sheer politics and creating an atmosphere of lawlessness
The proposal to utilise the premises of Ashok Paper Mills which has been defunct for over 40 years now, for the construction of AIIMS, was sent by Darbhanga DM.