Telangana BJP demands higher stipends for AYUSH PG doctors, immediate release of arrears
BJP Telangana president N. Ramchander Rao has demanded that AYUSH postgraduate doctors receive stipend parity with Allopathy counterparts. The students have been protesting for 16 days, citing discrimination by the state government.
Why it matters
Reflects ongoing tensions regarding healthcare funding and the equitable treatment of traditional medicine practitioners in India.
BJP Telangana president N. Ramchander Rao on Wednesday demanded that stipends for AYUSH postgraduate doctors and house surgeons be increased on par with those of their Allopathy counterparts and that the enhanced stipends, along with pending arrears, be released immediately.
Mr. Rao visited the relay hunger strike camp of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Unani and Homeopathy) postgraduate medical students and house surgeons at B.R.K.R. Government Ayurvedic College and Hospital at Erragadda. The students and house surgeons have been demanding a hike in stipends and have been continuing their protest for the last 16 days. He expressed solidarity with the striking AYUSH doctors on behalf of the BJP.
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