Vijayawada: Minister for medical and health Y Satya Kumar Yadav on Friday defended the state government’s decision to build new medical colleges under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model and questioned the YSRCP for opposing it.

Addressing the media here, Satya Kumar Yadav accused former Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy of spreading falsehoods about the initiative. “What is wrong in setting up medical colleges through private partnership? After 33 years, those colleges will come back to the government,” he said.

The minister said that once completed, the new colleges would add 1,500 MBBS seats across the state, of which 725 would be completely free. “These colleges will make medical education accessible and improve healthcare in backward districts,” he said.

He alleged that

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