Overview
- Addressing district collectors, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said the 10 PPP-built colleges will function as government institutions with rules set by the state and 70% of services linked to the NTR Vaidya Seva scheme.
- YSRCP says it has collected over one crore signatures opposing what it calls privatisation and plans to submit the petitions to Governor Syed Abdul Nazeer on December 18.
- State ministers dismissed the signature drive as political theatre and alleged fabricated support, while citing a Parliamentary Standing Committee, NITI Aayog and the National Medical Commission as supportive of PPP in medical education.
- YSRCP leaders alleged a "massive scam," claiming public assets and land are being handed to private interests and asserting the state will pay about ₹70 crore per college annually, which they say adds an unnecessary fiscal burden.
- The government says PPP will speed up construction and expand medical seats, while the opposition vows to escalate its agitation and consider legal steps if the policy is not reversed.