Vijayawada, Jan. 14 -- CPI leaders staged a protest on Wednesday against the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) policy for medical colleges in Andhra Pradesh.

The demonstration was organised by CPI State Secretary G Eswarayya, CPI City Secretary G Koteswara Rao, and other party leaders, during which Government Orders (GOs) Nos. 847 and 590 were set on fire symbolically.

Eswarayya highlighted that the YSRCP government had previously introduced GOs No. 107 and 108 on the privatisation of medical colleges, which were opposed by TDP leaders.

He said the new orders, GOs No. 847 and 590, implement the PPP policy, which the party views as detrimental to students from Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and minority communities who cannot afford...