MP Surya 'had corrupt idea' to privatise KSRTC hospital: AAP

NT Correspondent
Bengaluru:

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Karnataka unit came down heavily on Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya over plans to privatise the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) hospital in Jayanagar. AAP city president Mohan Dasari said that the particular instance of privatisation was worrisome.

“For many years, the KSRTC hospital has been giving KSRTC employees the necessary medical treatment. This is the only hospital that they have. The government should have been thinking of setting up another hospital with better facilities. It's condemnable that MP Tejasvi Surya is trying to sell the hospital in the name of privatisation,” he said.

Dasari claimed that Surya had corrupt ideas in trying to privatise the hospital. “Tejasvi is trying to privatise this hospital in the hopes of getting a commission. There is a risk that many employees will lose their jobs due to this move,” he said.

Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) Staff and Workers Union President H.V. Anantha Subbarao on Monday alleged that the MP is exerting pressure on Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Transport Minister Sriramulu and officials to privatise the government dedicated hospital to the KSRTC staff.

"Tejasvi Surya wants to give the hospital on lease for 30 years to Vasavi Group to set up a dialysis center. However, there is a demand to expand and modernise the hospital. Let him (Tejasvi Surya) give funds, the dialysis facility could very well be built," Anantha Subbarao stated.

"Once a driver completes 30 years of service in KSRTC, he develops certain body ailments which need special attention. This he gets in the present set up. The plan to privatise the hospital is being done only to assuage a section of the voters, he said. However, Tejasvi Surya has clarified that he is not trying to lease out the hospital and exerting pressure on the government officials.