Tadepalli, May 29: Former Minister Vidala Rajani condemned Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s decision to privatize medical colleges, selling assets worth Rs. 8,500 crore for Rs. 5,000 annually. Speaking at the YSRCP central office in Tadepalli, Rajani called the 66-year lease a conspiracy to hand over public institutions to private entities. She demanded that the government immediately reverse this decision, warning that YSRCP will not stay silent. Upon regaining power, YSRCP will review this policy.
Each medical college, built for Rs. 500 crore on 50 acres of prime land valued at over Rs. 2 crore per acre, is being leased for Rs. 100 per acre annually, totaling Rs. 5,000 per college. This move denies free healthcare and medical education to the poor, undermining YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s vision to make medical education accessible to underprivileged students. The government used KPMG to produce a biased feasibility report to justify this transfer.
The coalition government has neglected healthcare, rendering Aarogyasri ineffective by withholding payments, causing distress to network hospitals. It halted programs like Arogya Asara and Family Doctor, leaving the poor without free healthcare. Aarogyasri previously supported one lakh deliveries annually, providing Rs. 5,000 per delivery, a program now stopped. Naidu failed to cancel the self-financing quota for medical colleges, despite promising to revoke GO 108 within 100 days.
In one year, the government has dismantled economic, political, and social systems. Agriculture and industries lack support, forcing farmers to protest. Deceptive promises of “iconic towers” enrich a select few while welfare, education, and healthcare collapse. Political development means Red Book governance, with illegal cases filed against critics. Chandrababu’s fraudulent administration betrays public trust.
During COVID-19, YS Jagan’s government built 17 medical colleges for Rs. 8,500 crore, offering world-class facilities akin to Apollo and AIG hospitals to provide free super-specialty care and education. Each college, on 50 acres of prime land, was designed for local access to advanced healthcare. Five colleges were completed, with classes started, but the second phase, including Paderu, Pulivendula, Markapuram, Adoni, and Madanapalle, was stalled. Paderu secured 50 seats, and Pulivendula was allocated NMC seats, which the coalition returned.
Privatizing 10 nearly completed colleges for 66 years will deny the poor free healthcare and local job opportunities. The government shirks its duty to protect public health, exposing patients to high private hospital fees.
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