The Hemant Soren government’s plan to build Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences( RIMS- 1) stands still in the air even as the opposition BJP is up in arms against it.

BJP led by its state chief Babulal Marandi has raised the demand for returning the land "forcibly" acquired from tribal farmers in Ranchi's Nagri for a ‘hospital project’.

Against this backdrop, the state health minister Irfan Ansari has indicated that if the protest continued, the RIMS 1 project can be shifted to another place.

Alongside,BJP chief Babulal Marandi has said the party would stage demonstrations across 216 blocks of the state on September 11, demanding a CBI probe into the death of Surya Hansda in an alleged encounter.

“We will also submit a memorandum to the governor after the event on September 11," Marandi said in a press conference here on Sunday.

Another fact is the BJP has been raising its voice, from the assembly to the streets, on the murder of social-political activist Surya Hansda by the police and forcible acquisition of land from tribal farmers of Nagri for the RIMS-2 project.

Hansda, who contested multiple assembly polls and was also wanted in several criminal cases, was arrested from Nawadih village in Deoghar on August 10, police said.

He died in an alleged encounter that took place when he was being taken to Rahadbadia hills to recover hidden weapons, they said.

Hansda had allegedly snatched a weapon from police personnel and fired at them while attempting to flee the spot. The policemen retaliated, which resulted in his death, according to Godda Police.

Meanwhile, the ruling JMM on Sunday alleged that the BJP was trying to mislead people on the issue of Surya Hansda and Nagri land acquisition.