Hyderabad: BJP MLAs on Wednesday lavished praises on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for announcing health care scheme “Ayushman Bharat” to provide health cover to all vulnerable families in the country on the occasion of Independence Day.
BJP MLAs G. Kishan Reddy and Dr K. Laxman, who is also state president of BJP, said the scheme is aimed to cover over approximately 50 crore beneficiaries and provide health cover up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year.
They urged the state government to utilise the scheme instead of standinw on ‘false prestige’. They said scheme will be rolled out on September 25, on the occasion of Deen Dayal Upadhyay’s anniversary.
“This scheme is a blessing for poor as the Telangana government has been neglecting Arogyasri scheme by not releasing funds to hospitals, leading to private hospitals and corporate hospitals refusing to honour Arogyasri cards,” they said.
