Anakapalli, Oct. 10 -- Demanding a rollback of the privatization of medical colleges, former Chief Minister and YSRCP President YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said state-wide protests would be launched and a one crore signature campaign would also be taken up to mount pressure on the government, if it did not take corrective measures.

Addressing the gathering with the semi-finished medical college in the backdrop, he said, while our government had taken the initiative to bring 17 medical colleges to make medical care and education accessible to the people, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is privatizing the medical colleges and driving poorer sections away from these facilities.

Describing hospitals as modern temples, Y S Jagan Reddy said private...