Hyderabad: YSRCP president and leader of opposition YS Jagan questioned the justification behind giving away Special Development Funds (SDF) to TDP leaders. Finance minister Yanamala Ramakrishudu spoke in the assembly regarding consumption of SDF. He stated that there were no particular regulations for this and the CM sanctioned it at his will. Leader of opposition YS Jagan then spoke regarding this and announced his party’s intention to walk out.
YS Jagan stated that it was customary to give funds to MLAs for development of their constituencies and added that late Dr.YS Rajasekhar Reddy had sanctioned great amount of funds to MLAs. As TDP MLAs opposed this, YS Jagan raised objection. He cautioned them not to talk out of half-knowledge and commented that they were following Chandrababu’s footsteps.
He mentioned that Rs.5 crore was being sanctioned to all the members of parliament irrespective of their party. He opined that the intention of this was to make sure that development happened in the constituencies where each MP represented 2 lakh people who had given him the victory. But here the situation was totally different in the constituencies where YSRCP leaders had won, exclaimed YS Jagan.
He mentioned that the TDP leaders who had lost in elections were being granted funds and questioned how it was right. He specified that Kandula Narayana Reddy, Aadala Prabhakar Reddy and others were receiving funds. At this point speaker Kodela Siva Prasad withdrew the provision of microphone to him and it was passed to TDP MLA Sravan Kumar, as the speaker did not want YS Jagan to read out the names of the TDP leaders. Later YS Jagan was allowed to speak but immediately the microphone was withdrawn again. Members of YSRCP condemned this act.
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