After the death of over 30 children in 48 hours in Gorakhpur's BRD Medical College, the Yogi Adityanath government is now under fire for having slashed over 50% of its budgetary allocation towards medical education.

Earlier in July, the UP government announced that the budget allotted for the 14 state-run medical colleges, of which BRD Medical College is one, has been reduced from Rs 2,344 crore in 2016-17 to Rs 1,148 crore in 2017-18.