Telangana BJP demands higher stipends for AYUSH PG doctors, immediate release of arrears

The BJP Telangana president, N. Ramchander Rao, has demanded higher stipends for AYUSH postgraduate doctors and house surgeons, as well as the immediate release of pending arrears. The demand comes as the students and house surgeons continue their 16-day hunger strike at the B.R.K.R. Government Ayurvedic College and Hospital in Erragadda.

Rao visited the protest camp and accused the Congress government of discriminating against AYUSH medical students, pointing out that the Telangana government's stipends are significantly lower than those of Allopathy counterparts in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.

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