Tuesday 4 October 2016

TDP govt. failed in tackling drought


Ananthapuram, October 4: Calling the bluff of TDP government in mitigating drought, Leader of Opposition YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has said that nearly 90 % of the crop has dried up in the region while Chandrababu Naidu has been claiming that he has driven away drought from the district in just four days and has also undertook an aerial survey to study the intensity of drought.
 Speaking at the Rythu Maha dharna in front of the Collector Office here on Tuesday, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has ridiculed Chandrababu Naidu for his blatant lies, ignorance and tall talk on the drought situation which shows his inefficiency and indifference towards the serious issue.


 During his earlier visit to the district, he had brandished the rain-guns, as if they were invented by him and said that he has driven away drought by providing water to over 4 lakh acres in just four days. The very same field where he used the rain gun has dried up now and he has feigned ignorance and tried to shift the blame on officials and others that no one had brought to his notice about the drought situation.
 While the drought situation in the district was so severe and agriculture labour were migrating in search of livelihood, the Chief Minister who boasts of having computer technology which has a huge database was found wanting when it mattered most, he said.
 Nearly 90 % of the crop has dried up in the region as farmers have taken up groundnut cultivation this time but the deficit rainfall had a severe impact. The deficit rainfall in July and August had led to drying up of crop and the Chief Minister made numerous visits to the district but has never opened up on the issue as it is not a priority for him.
 YSR on the other hand has always been on the side of farmers, who had waived loans in one go and had taken up many schemes to benefit the farmers including irrigation projects.
 Some of them remain to be completed but as agriculture is not the priority for Chandrababu Naidu they are still left out, he said adding that the Chief Minister has resorted to impractical figures of providing water to four lakh acres in four days, which is not possible.
 The claim of providing water is only an alibi to evade input subsidy. Of Rs 990 crore input subsidy, nothing was paid so far. There has been deficit rainfall in the region varying from 25 to 52 % and though rainfall is not in our hands, the government should be providing aid and take steps to mitigate the drought situation and ensure that there are no farmer suicides, he said.
 YSR had shown the way of how a Chief Minister should conduct himself in the face of drought by mounting pressure on the Centre and taking effective steps to ease the drought by expediting the irrigation projects including Handri-Neva, Galeru-Nagari and Pulichinthala which were completed by 80 % and even today they remain the same.
 Even in the face of migration by agriculture labour due to lack of work, the funds for Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme have been diverted. Chandrababu Niadu has been silent even when KCR was drawing more water share.
 We have to join hands to fight the anti-farmer policies of the government, he said.

Monday 3 October 2016

TDP oppressing people's wishes

Hyderabad, Oct 3: Describing the shifting of governance to the temporary capital as an exercise which lacks any rationale, YSR Congress said that TDP has been using police force to curb people’s movements which will boomerang.
‘The shifting of governance to tentative capital in a hurry is only to cover up the shady deals of Chandrababu Naidu as he his scared after cash for vote case. The person who spoke of staying put in the joint capital for ten years leaving in a hurry shows the main reason of urgency,’ party spokesperson Ambati Rambabu told reporters here on Monday.
‘The tentative capital lacks any infrastructure and the shifting of governance is only to continue the corrupt practices and is also part of the secret pact he had after the cash for vote case. The first half of Chandrababu Naidu term has come to a close but no effort was made to develop infrastructure for the capital city,’ he said.
The TDP government has been trying to curb popular and people’s movements by using force and the provisions of PD Act, which are normally used against criminals and unruly elements. Invoking such Act against political leaders and social activist’s shows that Chandrababu Naidu has been misusing the administration for political and personal gains, he said.
Condemning the police behaviour on CPM leader P Madhu at the Aqua Food Park in West Godavari district, he said such decisions will strengthen the movements further and spell doom to the government. Whenever, Chandrababu Naidu or Venkaiah Naidu visits any place in the state, police have been invoking PD Act and putting the Opposition leaders under custody. Police should also use discretion and go by the rule book, he said.

Saturday 1 October 2016

How Could You Deceive Your People?

  • Promise made in Tirupati by the name of God
  • Now they ask what the use of SCS is!
  • We shall achieve SCS under YS Jagan's leadership
  • YSRCP leaders Amzad and Akepati


YSR District: Eleven states in the country were granted special category status after it was decided by the cabinet. Then why was the centre hesitating to grant the status to AP, questioned YSRCP MLA Amzad Basha. He attended and spoke at Chaitanya Patham programme organised in YSR District. He reminded how telecast had been cut off at the time of passing bifurcation bill and BJP supported Congress in passing it. While five crore people of AP were fighting for special category status, the centre was evading its sanction, mentioned it was not in the law. Venkaiah Naidu suggested at the time of bifurcation that the status should be sanctioned for ten years, but had now gone back on his word. He condemned bluffing about special package as being a great boon. He confronted the Governments for not having commitment to offer special status to AP.
 
Why don't they sanction the status if it is so useless?
When the Governments felt that the special category status was of no use, why did they not give it to AP as they would not have anything to lose from it, questioned YSRCP's president of YSR Kadapa District, Akepati Amarnath Reddy. Speaking at Chaitanya Patham programme, he questioned why people of AP were fighting for it if it was of no use. He reminded how PM Narendra Modi had promised ten years of special category status during his speech at Tirupati and how Chandrababu had promised the status for fifteen years instead and how they had shifted gears to now say that it was of no use. He demanded to know why TDP leaders had invested in the states with special category status. He also questioned why the CM who was talking high about special package, was not making his ministers and MLAs invest in AP instead. Akepati reminded how YSRCP president YS Jagan had been proclaiming since the beginning that AP would develop if special category status was sanctioned to it and had been fighting for the cause through dharnas, strikes and agitations. He declared that they would achieve special category status under the leadership of YS Jagan.