Srikakulam, Feb 2: Appealing the youth to join the fight for achieving special status to the State which is the only way to put the state on the path of development, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has said that Chandrababu Naidu has been putting his personal agenda ahead of state interests and has not been questioning the Centre on the issue.
‘It was Narender Modi, who shared the dais with Venkaiah Naidu and Chandrababu Naidu at Tirupati during electioneering, who assured that special status would be accorded to Andhra Pradesh if the NDA is voted to power but has gone back now.
The Chief Minister cannot broach the subject as he has to wriggle out of the cash for vote and other scams and he places his personal interests ahead of state development,’ the Leader of Opposition said addressing the Yuva Bheri here on Tuesday as part of creating awareness on the special status and its benefits including the employment opportunities to the youth.
The credibility of the leader is at stake if he goes back on the promise and that is exactly what is happening as the Centre and State governments do not speak of special status and the youth will be deprived of employment opportunities, he said.
The special status gives the state an edge over other states as 90% of the central funding would be in the form of grants which need not be repaid besides there would rapid industrialization as there would be many concessions in the form of exemption of taxes and duty which leads to the growth of employment opportunities manifold as it has happened in Uttarkhand that has seen a rise of 490 % hike in jobs after getting special status.
The special status was assured during the division of the State by the Prime Minister in the Parliament and a cabinet decision was taken and a letter was sent to Planning Commission to accord five years of special status to Andhra Pradesh in lieu of losing the cash cow Hyderabad city where the IT and manufacturing units are concentrated.
Despite all such developments, the Centre does not take the initiative and Chandrababu Naidu has no face to mount pressure by giving an ultimatum to withdraw support to the Centre as he has to come out of the numerous charges from cash for vote to liquor, sand, coal and other scams, he said.
Chandrababu Naidu is trying to cover up the actual reason of not pressing for a special status by underplaying it and spreading false notions about it and twisting the tongue by speaking about special package which by no means is a substitute to special status.
Narender Modi during his electioneering has promised to give a special package of Rs 70,000 crore to Jammu & Kashmir which has a population of 1.25 crore population. In that proportion how much should Andhra Pradesh with a population of 5 crores get as a special package is one way to look at the Centre’s method of calculation.
But Chandrababu Naidu is unable to pressurize the Centre as he is neck deep in scams from Call Money sex racket, to land, sand and liquor mafias and has been getting kickbacks from every shady deal.
When the State was divided it was accounted that there are 1, 42,808 jobs in Andhra Pradesh. Chandrababu Naidu has promised to provide one job to every family or give Rs 2,000 as unemployment stipend and TDP has distributed pamphlets carrying his signature.
After coming to power, instead of providing jobs and regularizing the services, he started downsizing employees by removing 35,000 field assistants and the contract workers have no security for their jobs. APPSC notification was not given and the calendar was not released. Youngsters who have passed DSC are waiting for jobs while the state has been sending feelers that there is excess staff after taking up the cluster schools concept.
We have to fight it out in tandem seeking special status which is the only way to get more employment opportunities and development, he said.
‘It was Narender Modi, who shared the dais with Venkaiah Naidu and Chandrababu Naidu at Tirupati during electioneering, who assured that special status would be accorded to Andhra Pradesh if the NDA is voted to power but has gone back now.
The Chief Minister cannot broach the subject as he has to wriggle out of the cash for vote and other scams and he places his personal interests ahead of state development,’ the Leader of Opposition said addressing the Yuva Bheri here on Tuesday as part of creating awareness on the special status and its benefits including the employment opportunities to the youth.
The credibility of the leader is at stake if he goes back on the promise and that is exactly what is happening as the Centre and State governments do not speak of special status and the youth will be deprived of employment opportunities, he said.
The special status gives the state an edge over other states as 90% of the central funding would be in the form of grants which need not be repaid besides there would rapid industrialization as there would be many concessions in the form of exemption of taxes and duty which leads to the growth of employment opportunities manifold as it has happened in Uttarkhand that has seen a rise of 490 % hike in jobs after getting special status.
The special status was assured during the division of the State by the Prime Minister in the Parliament and a cabinet decision was taken and a letter was sent to Planning Commission to accord five years of special status to Andhra Pradesh in lieu of losing the cash cow Hyderabad city where the IT and manufacturing units are concentrated.
Despite all such developments, the Centre does not take the initiative and Chandrababu Naidu has no face to mount pressure by giving an ultimatum to withdraw support to the Centre as he has to come out of the numerous charges from cash for vote to liquor, sand, coal and other scams, he said.
Chandrababu Naidu is trying to cover up the actual reason of not pressing for a special status by underplaying it and spreading false notions about it and twisting the tongue by speaking about special package which by no means is a substitute to special status.
Narender Modi during his electioneering has promised to give a special package of Rs 70,000 crore to Jammu & Kashmir which has a population of 1.25 crore population. In that proportion how much should Andhra Pradesh with a population of 5 crores get as a special package is one way to look at the Centre’s method of calculation.
But Chandrababu Naidu is unable to pressurize the Centre as he is neck deep in scams from Call Money sex racket, to land, sand and liquor mafias and has been getting kickbacks from every shady deal.
When the State was divided it was accounted that there are 1, 42,808 jobs in Andhra Pradesh. Chandrababu Naidu has promised to provide one job to every family or give Rs 2,000 as unemployment stipend and TDP has distributed pamphlets carrying his signature.
After coming to power, instead of providing jobs and regularizing the services, he started downsizing employees by removing 35,000 field assistants and the contract workers have no security for their jobs. APPSC notification was not given and the calendar was not released. Youngsters who have passed DSC are waiting for jobs while the state has been sending feelers that there is excess staff after taking up the cluster schools concept.
We have to fight it out in tandem seeking special status which is the only way to get more employment opportunities and development, he said.
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