Hyderabad, Oct. 10 -- YSR Congress Party president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday put up a 63-km long roadshow from Visakhapatnam to Makavarapalem of Narsipatnam block in the neighbouring Anakapalli district to highlight the alleged attempt by the Telugu Desam Party-led coalition government to privatise the medical colleges.

Thousands of party workers and local people joined Jagan all along his journey, despite stringent restrictions imposed by the police to prevent any untoward incidents. At Makapavarapalem, Jagan inspected the semi-finished medical college building at Makavarapalem, construction of which was taken up during his government in 2022.

"Now, the present government is conspiring to...