Local MLA Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy on Saturday defended renaming of the government hospital here as ‘Prabhuthva Sarvajana Asupatri’ (government general hospital) and deleting the word ‘Maharaja’ from the hospital name.
Addressing the media at the hospital, he said that the YSRCP had respect for P.V.G. Raju, the father of former Union Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju, but the change of name was necessitated with the upgrading of the institution as a teaching hospital with the establishment of a medical college.
“Mr. Ashok Gajapathi Raju is using his father’s name only for political gain. Mr. Ashok has done nothing for the improvement of medical infrastructure. Moreover, the hospital land belonged to the government. So, there is no need for continuation of ‘Maharaja’ word in the hospital name,” said Mr. Veerabhadra Swamy.
