CPI seeks immediate release of ₹6,400 crore fee arrears in Andhra Pradesh

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CPI State caput   G. Eswaraiah

CPI State caput G. Eswaraiah | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT

Communist Party of India State caput Gujjula Eswaraiah has written an unfastened missive to Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, urging the authorities to instantly merchandise the long-pending ₹6,400 crore successful interest reimbursement arrears that helium says are severely affecting students from SC, ST, BC, number and economically weaker sections.

In the missive dated Sunday, helium criticised the confederation authorities for failing to present connected its predetermination promises and connected the assurances fixed during Nara Lokesh’s Yuvagalam padayatra, wherever it was stated that the dues would beryllium cleared wrong 100 days of taking office. He said that 18 months person passed and not adjacent a azygous rupee has been released, isolated from a assertion successful a property enactment that ₹600 crore was cleared.

Mr. Eswaraiah alleged that due to the fact that of the non-payment of dues, astir 60 grade colleges crossed the State person unopen down arsenic they are incapable to wage salaries, rents oregon conscionable operational costs. The CPI person accused Education Minister Nara Lokesh of restricting his effect to issuing warnings to assemblage managements and holding meetings with associations alternatively of resolving the crisis.

He besides criticised the government’s decisions successful the aesculapian acquisition sector, alleging that handing implicit 10 of the 17 authorities aesculapian colleges to backstage entities nether a 33-year PPP exemplary would wounded mediocre students. He questioned wherefore the authorities has not cancelled G.O. 107 and G.O. 108, which licence high-fee B and C class seats, contempt its committedness to bring each MBBS seats nether the authorities quota.

The CPI person further alleged mismanagement successful authorities hospitals owed to vacancies successful nursing, paramedical and teaching posts, and raised concerns astir unpaid dues nether the Aarogyasri scheme.

Calling the government’s attack unconstitutional and anti-student, Mr. Eswaraiah demanded the contiguous merchandise of ₹6,400 crore. Failing this, helium sought support to statesman a fast-unto-death successful protest.

Published - November 23, 2025 06:51 p.m. IST

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