Government Deprived Them Of Their Livelihood

CM Chandrababu is unable to hear the cries of the widows and the aged. After getting into power by garnering votes from these people by luring them with Rs.1000 pension, he deceived them. In cabinet meetings and Janmabhoomi public meetings, lakhs of rupees were promised to be given as pension. Months pass by, but the promised pension never reaches the deserving. Cancelling old pensions in the name of regulations and again adding their names to the pensioners’ list has been happening for 2.5 years. Going around officials is yielding no results.

To get rid of the burden on treasury, the Government has deprived the aged, the handicapped and the widowed women of their livelihood. In cutting down the pension that is supposed to offer them security, the Government violated the regulations during the survey conducted for selection of qualified candidates for pension scheme.

It is the responsibility of the Government to give security to the aged, the handicapped, the windows and handloom and palm liquor workers. TDP president Chandrababu, who boasts of giving utmost importance to the welfare of people, raised curtains to the cut down as soon as he got into power. To reduce economic burden, he plotted a conspiracy. TDP formed Janmabhoomi committees with so-called officials and social activists and they were instructed about whom to sanction pension and whom not to. Regulations were violated in a way so as to picture qualified people as disqualified as per their convenience.

Intervention of Janmabhoomi committees

To sanction new pension or to delete existing pension account, janmabhoomi committees’ approval has become mandatory against democratic norms. TDP activists being members of these committees, are acting as per the pressure applied by the party’s leaders. Even the survey taken up by the Government happened according to their will. Basing on political favouritism, qualified candidates are being pictured as not being qualified, showing properties, lands and houses that they actually do not have. When pensioners expected Rs.1500 of pension, they were completed deleted from the list of pensioners. Having voted for TDP or not has become the most important criterion for qualifying them.

Pension sanctioned timely during YSR’s tenure

During the rule of former CM and legendary leader Dr.YS Rajasekhar Reddy, pensioners used to be sanctioned pension as regularly as employees were sanctioned salaries. Throughout the nine-year tenure of Chandrababu, new pensioners had to wait till some old pensioners dies in order for them to get pension. YSR totally changed that scenario. He got pension sanctioned for every deserving candidate and stood in support of them. Currently, the Government is doing injustice to widows too. Even after months pass by, women who lost their husbands and applied for pension are finding it hard to receive it. TDP leaders are just exploiting the pensioners for their vote bank.

People made a mistake by not electing YSRCP president YS Jagan who made only possible promises like sanction of Rs.700 pension. Chandrababu’s Government is getting ready again to deceive people. To win the upcoming municipal elections, TDP Government is promising pensions again. Gadapagadapaku YSR Congress programme being held by YSRCP is indicating that the people of the state are no more in a position to believe them. People are ready to teach TDP a lesson in these elections.