Tadepalli, Dec 14: Former MLA Sudhakar Babu launched a fierce attack on Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Nara Lokesh, and Pawan Kalyan over the privatization of medical colleges through PPP mode, demanding they immediately resign, seek a public referendum, and withdraw the decision to reflect the people's will. He accused Naidu of turning into a "mafia don," managing institutions with inducements and converting all state systems into personal entities, while asserting that the public overwhelmingly prefers government-run medical colleges over PPP.
Sudhakar Babu questioned whether Naidu ever focused on public health or built medical colleges in his previous terms, alleging he distributes looted money to certain systems. He praised former Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy for establishing medical colleges to provide quality care to the poor and dedicate them to the people, adding thousands of seats for world-class treatment upon completion of the 17 colleges. He asked if the current government lacks financial capacity to finish them and stressed viewing the issue socially, not politically, offering any sacrifice for the colleges.
Highlighting PPP flaws, he claimed it damages the spirit of medical colleges, offers free outpatient services only for minor ailments while major diseases go untreated, and questioned government control once hospitals pass to private hands. He noted the government pays staff salaries in private-run colleges under PPP, calling it outrageous, with 50% seats meant for the poor handed to private individuals, lands allocated (about 50 acres per college) vanishing stage-wise, and an incompetent minister unaware of departmental policies continuing in office.
Sudhakar Babu accused the government of past lies on medical colleges and current falsehoods claiming free OP services under PPP. He folded hands pleading Naidu to stop the "private mantra," crediting YS Jagan for starting the 17 colleges and urging the government to claim it while keeping them public. He announced one crore signatures arriving from districts to the central office on the 15th, to be submitted to the Governor under YS Jagan's leadership on the 18th, urging Naidu to change his mind in the meantime. He reaffirmed YSRCP's strong opposition to PPP and demanded immediate resignations for elections or referendum to reveal public verdict, warning some supporters defend Naidu blindly due to financial dealings.
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