Andhra Pradesh Amaravati Minister Satya Kumar Yadav said on Wednesday that the government is taking steps to run 10 medical colleges under the public-private partnership model over the next two fiscals.
Addressing the assembly, the state health minister said that of the 17 medical colleges set up during the erstwhile YSRCP regime, 11 were sanctioned under the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, while three each were taken up under the central government’s schemes and special assistance program to states for capital investment.
He added, “The government is taking measures to operate 10 medical colleges according to the public-private partnership model during the next two fiscal years,” adding that the total cost is estimated at $8,480 crores.
He just claimed that $Rs 1,500 crore was spent on these colleges during the previous YSRCP government, allegedly $Rs 500 crore alone was spent on Pulivendula Medical College, while other institutions were neglected.
Yadav said that the current government has spent $900 crore on these colleges since they took office, and accused YSRCP leaders of falsely claiming credit for their construction.
He alleged that the previous government had not initiated land acquisition for Parvatipuram Medical College.
Moreover, a war of words broke out in the legislative assembly between YSRCP members and treasury benches over the alleged Tirupati laddu ghee adulteration issue.
Irrigation Minister K Atchannaidu said Heritage Foods, a dairy company owned by the family of Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, has no connection to the alleged cheating case.
Accusing the YSRCP MLCs of raising the issue to divert attention from the main discussion, he asserted that there was no connection between Indapur Dairy and Heritage Foods.
Recently, YSRCP chief Jagan Mohan Reddy alleged that Naidu enabled Indapur Dairy and Milk Products Ltd to participate in the tenders of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams and qualify for the supply of ghee. However, Heritage Foods has decided not to supply ghee to any government agency, Atchannaidu said.
Revenue Minister Satya Prasad accused YSRCP MLCs of misleading the House by recalling Heritage Foods, and alleged that adulteration of TTD laddu ghee occurred between 2020 and 2024 during the previous YSRCP regime.
YSRCP MLC Chandrasekhar Reddy claimed that Bhole Baba Dairy, an accused in the TTD ghee adulteration case, obtained technical clearance in June 2018 under the then Telugu Desam Party government.
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