Former minister D.L.Ravindra Reddy criticised the YSRCP government headed by Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Saturday over opening new medical colleges despite shortage of doctors in government hospitals.Ravindra Reddy also took a dig at government for arresting the former Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu with false cases.
First, he said that the government hospitals in the state are facing a shortage of doctors and nurses, and that it is unclear how the new medical colleges that are being constructed will be run without professors and other faculty.
“Already, Kadapa government hospital alone has at least 1,000 outpatients every day, but there are not enough doctors to treat them,” he said.“How will the new medical colleges run with a crunch of doctors and staff?”
Second, Reddy criticised the arrest of Telugu Desam president N.Chandrababu Naidu in connection with the skill development scam.He said that the CID had not mentioned Naidu’s name in its 28-page remand report, and that there was no need to arrest him.
“The former chief minister and leader of the opposition will cooperate with any probe,” Reddy said.“There was no need to create panic by arresting him.”
He argued that Chandrababu Naidu has not committed any wrongdoing as mentioned in the 28-page remand report and questioned the purpose of imposing remand if the truth is already known.He further questioned the absence of such a judge in the legal system.
The former minister also raised doubts about the possibility of a 73-year-old man fleeing abroad, stating that Chandrababu Naidu is a law-abiding citizen who attends court whenever summoned.
He alleged that the arrest was politically motivated by the Jagan and questioned why Chandrababu Naidu was arrested in Nandyal and brought to Vijayawada instead of being produced in the local court.
