Former YSRCP Minister RK Roja warned that the decision to develop medical colleges by private players should be taken back, failing which we will launch an agitation with all stakeholders and explore legal avenues as well.
While Chandrababu Naidu, who has assumed office for the fourth time, could not bring in a single medical college, she recalled that it was as Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy initiated the process of setting up 17 medical colleges of which five were functional, five other near completion and rest at various stages of completion.
She accused that TDP leadership and its ministers have been passing snide remarks on Jagan Mohan Reddy with absolutely no knowledge about how a medical college is developed. She said that they have no moral right to speak about YSRCP leadership which has been sincere in providing medical care and education to poorer sections of the society.
She wondered that Chandrababu, who raised Rs 1.97 lakh crore loan could not develop the remaining medical colleges initiated by Jagan Mohan Reddy. She demanded that he should answer as to where the money had gone as the poll promises too were not fulfilled?
Roja made it clear that developing medical colleges under PPP is certainly privatization. She lamented that Ministers Anitha, Savitha and Atchamnaidu should be ashamed for the failure of the coalition government in medical, agriculture and other sections. She deplored they are parroting the lines given to them instead of opposing the privatization move and challenged to accompany her to the medical colleges started by Jagan Mohan Reddy.
She said that the process of completion of a medical college takes seven to eight years and even Mangalagiri AIMS took nine years. Without knowing these basics, she deplored these people to start criticizing through their hat and not head and brushed aside the allegations on YSRCP leadership.
The former minister said that YS Jagan is available to people and leaders whenever there is an issue. But, she recalled that TDP, Jana Sena leaders were not in the State during 2019-24 and even now they are camping in comfort at Hyderabad during weekends for settlements. She alleged that it is this lifestyle of coalition leaders that led to the flooding of Vijayawada.
Likewise, she deplored that when farmers are facing hardships to get urea, the coalition government is mum and the Agriculture minister instead of addressing the issue has been shamelessly passing remarks against YSRCP leaders.
She asserted that Jagan Mohan Reddy has fulfilled 99 percent of his manifesto, while the coalition miserably failed and has acknowledged its failure in advertisement given during its Super Six Success meet, which is an utter flop show as the three of the main promises disappeared completely.