After months of severe opposition from within the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has finally had his way.

He has managed to inject A.H. Zargar, a doctor from his home state of Jammu and Kashmir, into the the highest decision making body of the premier medical institute.

Zargar, an endocrinologist from Srinagar hospital, will share the official position with political bigwigs like Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj, Rajya Sabha MP R.K. Dhawan, Lok Sabha MP Jyoti Mirdha and Delhi University vice chancellor Deepak Pental.