Naidu responsible for Krishna delta's woes

Guntur, March 1, 2013: Squarely blaming TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu for the construction of dams over Krishna and other rivers by upstream states Karnataka and Maharashtra, Smt. Y.S. Sharmila said Naidu was responsible for the Nagarjuna Sagar Ayacut going dry.

Addressing a huge public meeting at Piduguralla in Guntur district during the course of her Maro Praja Prasthanam Padayatra on Thursday, she said Dr.YSR warned Naidu not to allow construction of these dams as most of the Ayacut area would go dry but Naidu didn’t heed the warning.

“YSR told Naidu he would go down in the history of AP as the betrayer of farmers if he didn’t take any preventive steps but Naidu, who openly declared agriculture was waste, remained a silent spectator to the increasing of Alamatti Dam height by Karnataka and construction of Babli project by Maharashtra,” she observed.

Smt. Sharmila said that Naidu’s 9-year rule was full of scams and people suffered with agricultural workers migrating to Mumbai and other cities for livelihood and farmers selling their kidneys to make both ends meet. “With 4000 farmers committing suicide and students being denied their scholarships during his regime, can Naidu confidently say he will bring back his TDP rule?” she questioned.

She said Naidu has been making false promises during his Padayatra while criticizing the Congress Government. “But he is not coming forward to introduce the no-confidence motion against the anti-people Congress Government because of his politics of conspiracy,” she said adding that the former chief minister has been playing  a big political drama in the name of Padayatra.