Vijayawada: A roundtable meeting held at Balotsava Bhavan here on Sunday under the auspices of the CPM State Committee, demanded that the state government immediately withdraw its Public-Private Partnership (PPP) policy for medical colleges. A resolution was unanimously passed urging the government to abandon the PPP policy, continue running medical colleges under the government sector, strengthen hospitals, and ensure that NTR’s medical services remain in public hands. CPM State Secretary V Srinivasa Rao, presiding over the meeting, criticised the policy as a move to privatise colleges that were started under the government sector. He stressed that with sufficient budget allocations, these colleges could be completed within five years under government management. PDF MLC B Gopi Murthy recalled earlier large-scale movements against private medical and engineering colleges, noting that such struggles could recur.