YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and his sister YS Sharmila may currently be estranged over political and financial matters, and Sharmila may have turned into one of her brother’s fiercest critics.

Yet, a recent statement by her has indirectly vindicated Jagan’s stand on a key public health issue.

The Aarogyasri scheme, now being run as the NTR Vaidya Seva Network, has hit a crisis in Andhra Pradesh after private hospitals went on strike.

The hospitals claim the government owes them ₹2,700 crore in arrears for treatments provided under the scheme.

Sharmila pointed out that outpatient services have been completely halted for over a month and expressed deep regret that the government has failed to take any meaningful steps to resolve the issue.

She criticized the TDP government for engaging private

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