Uyyuru: Leader of Opposition in Andhra Pradesh Assembly and YSR Congress Party President YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said that the state Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu had diluted the fight for Special Category Status (SCS) to AP and was enacting new dramas. Addressing a massive public meeting here today as part of his historic mass outreach programme Praja Sankalpa Yatra, YS Jagan said that Chandrababu had deceived people from all walks of life.
YS Jagan said that the ruling TDP was corrupt at every level and every one from Chinnababu (Lokesh) to Peddababu (Chandrababu) everyone was corrupt. The regime was driven by kickbacks and this was the reason why the AP CM was not questioning the illegal sand mining which was happening right under his nose. “Corruption was rampant in the TDP rule and that too at the cost of common man."
The YSRCP Chief said that the farmers were facing severe problems and their produce was not getting minimum support price (MSP). Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy's period saw every farmer get MSP, while the TDP was testing the patience of the farmers by increasing the prices of fertilizers. "On the other hand Chandrababu's yellow media claimed that loan waivers have been completed in AP."
The Leader of Opposition questioned where the Rs 20 lakh crores investment that has come to the state after the Partnership Summits was, as also 40 lakh jobs. These blatant lies were peddled to divert people from main issues. YS Jagan said that Chandrababu's claim that his foreign tours were for the benefit of the state was false. His foreign trips were meant to salt away his black money. "The yellow media was spreading rumours about CM and Governor's meeting and claimed that the Governor had asked Chandrababu not to take on the Centre. If this was true then why did the CM ask Sujana Chowdary to meet the Governor?"
YS Jagan recalled that if only Chandrababu had asked his MPs to resign and join the indefinite hunger strike of YSRCP MPs in New Delhi, the Centre would have yielded to our demands. To cover this misdeeds, he sat on a fast for one day. The drama of TDP Chief's fast cost the state exchequer Rs 30 crores, he pointed out.
The YSRCP Chief questioned the role of AP CM along with the BJP in denying SCS to AP. Even though Chandrababu was expressing his displeasure over BJP, he had got Maharashtra BJP leader's wife into TDP. YS Jagan said that people had understood his dramas over the last four years. TDP Chief's fight for SCS was just a photo-op and it would be played to gallery by the yellow media, he alleged. "But his work in Delhi was to strike a deal on the Agri Gold issue."
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