Former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students’ Union president and All India Joint Secretary of the Students’ Federation of India (SFI), Aishe Ghosh, on Sunday condemned the TDP-led coalition government’s decision to hand over 10 government medical colleges to private entities under the public–private partnership (PPP) model in Andhra Pradesh. She said the move would make medical education unaffordable for poor students and healthcare costlier for the public. While government universities were being starved of funds, she alleged, private and deemed universities were being actively encouraged. Referring to the death of Andhra University student Manikanta, they said it reflected the “failure of the government and university authorities.” It was “shameful,” they added, that student unions’ demands for justice were being politicised. SFI State joint secretary Ch.