Activs oppose Madhya Pradesh hospitals’ lease to family
Published on: Sept 03, 2025 02:58 pm Activs allege the two entities “failed to meet bid conditions of five years’ experience and clean regulatory record”. Bhopal : Two newly regered non-profit foundations that signed memorandums of understanding (MoU) with the Madhya Pradesh government in August are run the same family which already operates three medical colleges in the state, documents accessed HT revealed. Swami Vivekanand Shiksha Dham Foundation and Vivekanand Bodhi Knowledge Foundation—both regered in July 2025 at the same Bhopal address—will establish colleges in Katni, Betul, Dhar and Panna. (Representative Image) (PIXABAY) Swami Vivekanand Shiksha Dham Foundation and Vivekanand Bodhi Knowledge Foundation—both regered in July 2025 at the same Bhopal address—will establish colleges in Katni, Betul, Dhar and Panna. The foundations were set up Ayushmati Education and Social Society (AESS) and the Radha Krishna Dharmaraj Foundation (RKDF) Group, run Sunil Kapoor’s family. Under the MoUs signed on August 25, the state will lease 25 acres each at nominal rates and allow joint management of drict hospitals. Capacity will be raised to 400–600 beds, with 25% paid beds reserved for the colleges. Activs allege the entities “failed to meet bid conditions of five years’ experience and clean regulatory record”. A health department official, requesting anonymity, said: “The groups floated new entities to avoid controversy as RKDF was earlier found guilty of admission fraud.” Rajkumar Sinha of Jila Aspatal Bachao Sangharsh Morcha said that the RKDF medical college has violated bid guidelines as the Supreme Court in 2019 imposed a ₹5 crore penalty on it, barred admissions for academic years 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 and ordered prosecution of its then dean, for “habitually indulging in foul play”. The case of perjury is pending, a senior advocate said. RKDF chairman Sunil Kapoor said, “We are running three medical colleges and no one can question our capability to run four more.” On the admission ban, he said, “These are lies those who lost the bid.” News / Cities / Bhopal / Activs oppose Madhya Pradesh hospitals’ lease to family See Less
