YSRCP to lose Pulivendula too, says Chandrababu Naidu

CHITTOOR: Former Chief Minister and TDP national president N Chandrababu Naidu is of the strong opinion that the YSRCP Government is showing discrimination against Kuppam Assembly segment as he is representing the constituency.

Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday held road shows in various parts of Kuppam. Addressing the gathering at Konganapalli in Shanthipuram mandal of the Assembly segment, Mr Naidu said that the State Government was not taking up any developmental works in the constituency since he was representing it.

No steps had been taken to complete the works like Handri-Neeva project and the housing units that were taken up during the TDP regime, Naidu said adding that his government had spent over Rs 100 cr on the housing project for the poor and only part of the works have to be completed. He said that the State Government had not initiated any steps to complete the works.

He sais that the TDP government had also allocated Rs 1,350 cr to repair the tanks in the entire Kuppam constituency and had released almost half of the amount and pointed out that the inefficient YSRCP Government cancelled the GO allocating Rs 1,350 cr and was now claiming that it would release only Rs 65 cr.

The TDP government had launched the drip irrigation system from Kuppam and encouraged the micro-irrigation from here by giving 90 per cent subsidy. "I never ignored Pulivendula constituency just because the electorate there did not vote for the TDP," Naidu stated.

The State Government was not interested in the welfare of the people but is more enthusiastic in imposing financial burdens on the common man, the TDP national president said. "If anyone consumes 300 units of power, he or she is not eligible for Ammavodi scheme. Even if someone owns a four-wheeler then such persons are exempted from the welfare schemes," Naidu pointed out.

The former chief minister warned those indulging in rowdyism in Kuppam of chasing them out to Pulivendula and promised to extend all welfare schemes to everyone, including those who were exempted now for various reasons.

"I always think that politics is different from welfare and that is the reason as to why I never shown any discrimination towards the voters in Pulivendula though they have defeated the TDP," Naidu maintained. He said that he wanted to develop Pulivendula on the lines of Kuppam. "But you are making Kuppam like Pulivendula," he quipped.

Naidu made it clear that he would bury YSRCP in Pulivendula. How the YSRCP could seek votes in the coming elections.

Mr Naidu predicted that the YSRCP would lose even in Pulivendula in the coming polls. "Leave alone winning 175 segments, you cannot win even the Pulivendula segment," he said. Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy was trying to grab the 8,500 acres allotted to Indu project during the YSR regime.

Jagan was ready to transport cash to Pulivendula through trucks to distribute to the voters there since he had tonnes of money.

Referring to Gorantla Madhav issue, he said as a responsible Chief Minister, Jagan should pull up his party MP for his 'indecent behaviour and said that Jagan was only foisting cases against those questioning such persons.

He said that he was still continuing in politics only to bring the State back onto the rails. People should come out of the caste politics and teach a fitting lesson to Jagan, he added.