No formal proposal was ever received from Telangana to establish new medical college After Telangana minister KT Rama Rao’s allegation, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said in the state that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not approved any medical college for the state.
In a series of tweets, IT Minister KTR, who is also Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s son, asked how many medical colleges PM Modi has sanctioned to the state, while also mentioning that CM KCR has approved 16 new medical colleges. College and 13 others have approved. Here in the pipeline.
KTR said, ‘Let me tell you how many medical colleges our PM Modi ji sanctioned to Telangana–nil.
In response to these allegations, Mandaviya also tweeted, “How many proposals has your Telangana state government sent for medical colleges? ‘Zero’.
He further clarified that PM Modi has approved the highest number of public medical college In the shortest period without favoritism to the proposers.
KTR reacted to these clarifications made by Mandaviya and posted two communications from former health ministers to the state government in 2015 and 2019.
He said, “I wish you had reviewed before replying. The responses of your predecessors to the requests of Telangana health ministers of 2015 and 2019 are attached. The Telangana government has continuously requested for medical colleges, but the fact is that your The government has given zero,” he said in a tweet.
Responding further to KTR on the issue of medical colleges, the Union Health Minister shared a previous communication to Telangana by his predecessor Harsh Vardhan in August 2019, on the request of the state government to upgrade the existing district hospitals into medical colleges. Was asked to send the report. As per the guidelines for consideration in two districts of Telangana. He also posted a written reply given in Parliament in December 2021.
“With all due respect, please read the third para of my predecessor’s letter and the reply given in Parliament recently. Please try to understand that the Center has always requested the State of Telangana to send a formal proposal along with the DPR as planned. Have requested and guided the requirements,” he tweeted.
In a separate tweet, Mandaviya also underlined that there is a difference between sending a simple letter and a formal proposal as per the requirements of the scheme.
(with PTI inputs)
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