Overview
- YSRCP leaders submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Orvakal Airport on October 16 seeking intervention to halt a PPP-based plan for government medical colleges.
- The delegation—Alur MLA B. Virupakshi, MLC Dr. A. Madhusudan, and Zilla Parishad chairman Yerrabothula Papi Reddy—alleged the Chandrababu Naidu government aims to hand the colleges to private players.
- Party leaders condemned proposed single-tender bidding as a violation of procedures and financially unsound, alleging favoritism toward select individuals.
- On October 17, YSRCP launched a signature drive in Tirupati and Kadapa led by MP Y. S. Avinash Reddy and leader Bhumana Abhinay Reddy to build public opposition to the plan.
- YSRCP cited that five colleges are operational and two more were completed last year under the previous government, and noted that BJP-ruled states keep new medical colleges under government control.