Chandrababu lacks sincerity in solving farmers’ problems

Tadepalli, Nov 5: YSRCP East Godavari district president and former minister Chelluboina Venu Gopala Krishna said that even after becoming Chief Minister for the fourth time, Chandrababu Naidu continues to look at agriculture as a burden.
 Speaking to the media at the YSRCP central office in Tadepalli, he said that over 60 percent of people in the state depend on agriculture, yet the government is showing no sincerity in addressing farmers’ issues.
He said that while farmers were in deep distress due to Cyclone Montha, Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu was on a foreign tour, his son Nara Lokesh was busy watching cricket matches abroad, and Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan only made a brief show visit to cyclone-hit areas without any real concern for the affected people.
Chelluboina said the coalition government has completely forgotten its responsibility, and instead of providing relief, it is using yellow media to spread lies against YS Jagan and the YSRCP to divert public attention.

He said Chandrababu once called agriculture a burden and opposed free power to farmers when YSR introduced it. He reminded that YSR transformed barren lands through the Jalayagnam programme, but Chandrababu mocked it as “Dhanayagnam”. Even after four terms as CM, he could not complete Polavaram and continues to act against farmers’ interests.
The former minister said that under YS Jagan’s rule, agriculture was a prosperous mission. Through RBKs, the government helped farmers from seed to sale, provided MSP, and paid Rs 13,500 annually as investment support. But the present coalition scrapped free crop insurance and is manipulating e-cropping data.
He said Chandrababu’s politics have only directionless diversions, and his arrogance and lies will soon destroy the coalition government.