Kiran Govt should go: Vijayamma

Hyderabad, March 15, 2013 : Affirming
that the Kiran Kumar Reddy government has no right to continue in office for a
single day as its anti-people’s policies have put the clock of development
backwards, YSR Congress floor leader YS Vijayamma has wondered why the main
Opposition TDP is keeping itself away from the democratic process of
questioning the ruling party on its failures.

Initiating the debating on the
no confidence motion on behalf of YSRCP, she said: “The State Government
has failed on all fronts and did not live up to the expectations of the people
who voted them to power as it has diluted, defaced or debunked all the schemes
of YSR.

While some calamities are
natural there are others that are man-made. The acute power crisis is the
making of the state government as its lack of foresight and concern has pushed
the state into darkness.

The situation could have been
avoided with little planning, foresight and commitment, but the state’s
interests and priorities were elsewhere and the steep hike in power charges is
affecting agriculture, industrial and domestic sectors,’ she said.

“It is unfortunate that I have
to express no confidence on the Congress government, which has been a model
state in the country under the leadership of YSR. During the past three years,
Aarogyasri, fees reimbursement, free power and all welfare schemes took a
beating and the state has taken no steps to improve
the power generation which is resulting in pathetic situation with farmers
losing crops, industries being shut down and workers being rendered jobless,”
she said.

We have to move the no
confidence motion, as the main opposition did not respond to the people’s
aspirations and problems. The leader of opposition issuing a whip to TDP
members to keep away from the no confidence voting has redefined parliamentary
democracy.  This is an indication that the ruling Congress and main
opposition TDP have ganged-up,” she said amidst interruptions from the treasury
and opposition benches.

“The unholy nexus becomes more
pronounced when N Chandrababu Naidu in his ongoing padayatra criticises the
State Government every day telling people that this government has no right to
continue. When the time comes to corner the Congress government, he develops
cold feet and keeps away from the democratic process,” she said.

No confidence motion is the
tool in the hands of the main opposition and if it fails to use it at this
opportune time, it has no moral right to stand before people’s court, she said
adding that YSRCP has moved the motion as it stands for the people’s cause and
reflect their feelings in the House.  

With 15 days power cut to
industries per month, over 1.5 lakh industries are closed down and 20 lakh families
are affected. Though the state has made some tall claims that it will provide
jobs under Rajiv Yuva Kiranalu it remained a mirage and only a few people were
given employment in private sector which does not match to the estimates of the
original figures mentioned.

The Kiran Kumar Reddy
government claimed that it could attract whopping Rs 6.5 lakh cores of
investments through the partnership summit but had to scale down the figure
drastically as they were no takers.

Some nine years back this was
the trend during TDP rule to give inflated figures and create an impression
that the economy is very healthy. “I think the Kiran Kumar Reddy government is
also following the same pattern,” she said. 

Summing it up, the government
has failed to assess the power needs and could not draft a plan accordingly,
and the power shortage is of its own making, the hike in power charges and fuel
surcharge adjustment is very harsh, hike in bus fares, petrol and diesel
prices, agriculture inputs, closure of cottage, small and medium industries,
toning down fees reimbursement and medicare has been affecting the people of
the state very badly.

As the
government failed to address the peoples issues I firmly believe that people
lost faith in the government and it should go forthwith, “she said.