YSRCP launches protests against privatisation of medical colleges in Andhra

amaravati: the ysr congress party (ysrcp) on wednesday launched statewide protests opposing the andhra pradesh government's alleged move to privatise government medical colleges.the opposition party said rallies were held across all 175 assembly constituencies, as part of a one-crore signature campaign demanding withdrawal of the decision to privatise medical colleges.the ys jagan mohan reddy-led party alleged that the move threatens affordable medical education for poor students and deprives underprivileged sections of multi-specialty healthcare under the public-private partnership (ppp) model.“we have launched statewide protests today opposing the nda coalition government's disastrous move to privatise government medical colleges, which threatens affordable education and public healthcare,” the ysrcp said in a release.it said that the previous government under jagan mohan reddy established 17 medical colleges, of which five began admissions, while pulivendula and paderu were nearing completion.the tdp-led government had earlier announced plans to operationalise 10 upcoming government medical colleges under the ppp model to accelerate execution and improve healthcare access.