Overview
- Coordinated protests and signature drives were held across district headquarters on December 15, drawing students, citizens, and party cadres.
- In Vijayawada’s NTR district, leaders led a march and dispatched bundles of petitions, citing 421,217 signatures collected locally.
- YSRCP accuses the TDP-led administration of moving to hand government medical colleges to private management, a charge that has drawn no immediate public response from the ruling party.
- Party leaders contend government-run colleges are crucial for affordable medical education and public healthcare, citing projects initiated under their prior tenure and references to schemes such as Aarogyasri.
- YSRCP says Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy will submit the signatures on December 18 and warns protests will intensify if the alleged move is not withdrawn.