YSRCP pooh-poohs TDP poll manifesto

Hyderabad, March 15, 2014: Pooh-poohing the TDP manifesto for municipal polls, YSR Congress has said Chandrababu Naidu has never kept his promise and is known for going back on the elections promises.

“The 1994 manifesto of TDP had three vital components of Rs 2 kg rice, subsidsed power to farmers and prohibition which were done away with by Naidu after he took over the reins from NTR. This time around his manifesto has no relevance and many of them remained unfulfilled during his nine-year term,” party senior leader Konatala Ramakrishna told reporters here on Friday.

Naidu who has killed the spirit of local bodies by appointing special officials and humiliated elected representatives by not giving them even cheque signing powers in panchayats, mandals and Zilla Parishads has no moral right to speak on local bodies’ elections.

He is notorious for going back on his promises. After imposing taxes in the name of subsidies and prohibition announced by NTR, Naidu has increased the price of rice and reduced the quantity and finally closed the scheme. Even prohibition was lifted after imposing taxes to a tune of Rs 2,000 crores and he started cheap liquor shops all over the state.

He has promised moon during 1999 elections said that the government would take care of the education of girl child, deposit amount in the name of newly born girl child, announced sops to artisans but did not fulfill any of the promises.

YSR has promised to provide tap connections to all white card holders but the scheme was not continued by the Congress government after his death.

The sanitation, safe drinking water, basic amenities and hygiene which he is now promising were there since long. People are not in a position to believe any of his words as he always goes back on his promises. Some of the promises he made are impracticable even. He has ruined the cooperative sector and sold many factories running in cooperative sector to private business houses.

Credibility is something he lacks and YSR Congress has. We are going to people with the promise that we will bring back YSR golden era, but he has no such promise to make. He is not in a position to say that his nine-year rule will repeat as it was full of turmoil and troubles to the common man.

It will be YSR Congress all the way in local bodies’ elections and the general elections as well, he said.