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In a rare show of political bonhomie, Prime Minister Narendra Modi with AAP leader and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Congress MP Manish Tewari sharing stage inaugurated the world-class 300-bed Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre in Mullanpur in Punjab's Mohali district on Wednesday.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government extended a warm welcome to Modi on his maiden visit to the state under the helm of Mann.

Modi reached Mullanpur to inaugurate the ultra-modern cancer tertiary care facility after inaugurating the state-of-the-art 2,600 bed Amrita hospital in Faridabad in Haryana.

The cancer hospital, built at a cost of over Rs 660 crore will function as a hub of cancer care and treatment in the region.

It is the first of its kind cancer care in north India, whose foundation stone was laid by then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on December 30, 2013.

At that time Parkash Singh Badal was the Chief Minister in a coalition of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)-BJP government.

Earlier, Modi visited the state on January 5, just ahead of the announcement of the Assembly elections, to lay the foundation stone of development projects worth Rs 42,750 crores.

Owing to a major security breach during the tenure of former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, Modi had cancelled his visit midway.

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Despite political bickering between the BJP and AAP, the AAP government in the state rolled out the red carpet for Modi's visit this time.