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.