Hyderabad, March 15,
2013: Expressing sadness for serving
notice of no-confidence motion against the Government which was brought into
power by Dr.YSR, YSR Congress honourary president Smt. Y.S. Vijayamma on Friday
decried the dilution of welfare schemes introduced by him.
Participating in the
debate over no-confidence motion for which notice was given by the YSRCP on
Thursday, Smt. Vijayamma charged the Opposition Leader Chandrababu Naidu with
colluding with the Congress Government and supporting its anti-people policies.
“It is first time in
world history that an opposition leader has refused to vote for the
no-confidence motion,” she said, observing that the stance of TDP only revealed
the tacit understanding it has entered into with the ruling party.
Pointing out that the
state has been facing two calamities, Smt. Vijayamma said while one of the two
is natural, the other one is Governmental. “The power charges are high but the
power supply hours are less. What is this?” she wondered, expressing the fear
that all systems and organizations are facing the threat of holiday today.
She said that the state
has been plunged into an unprecedented power crisis in the last 50 years
because of the unpreparedness of the state Government. “The Government says
there is no coal or gas to generate power,” she said asking the Government why
it has not taken any preventive steps to lessen the intensity of the power
crisis. “Due to Government’s negligence, 20 lakh families are on roads,” she
remarked.
What
have you done for the Neelam cyclone victims?
Expressing anxiety over
the distressed condition of farmers in the state, Smt. Vijayamma asked the
Government to reveal the financial help extended to the victims of Neelam
cyclone. “What have you done to the farmers?” she asked, adding that the
farming community has been undergoing untold suffering after the death of YSR.
She said due to the
power crisis, thousands of small and cottage industries were closed and no new
industries are coming to the state. “The Government has not done anything to
come to the rescue of farmers while they have been suffering with untimely
rains over the last 4 years,” she remarked saying that YSR waived farm loans to
revive the financial position of the debt-ridden farmers. However, the present Government
has failed to waive even the interest on loans let alone waive the principle on
loans, she said.
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