Why can't we call one who cheats, a cheat?

• Babu considers agriculture useless
• Babu's helicopter tour who was set up after knowing about the opposition leader's visit
• YSRCP senior leader Botsa Satyanarayana

Guntur: YSRCP's senior leader Botsa Satyanarayana questioned why the CM who did not care about the promises he had made to people should not be called a demonic CM. He demanded to know from the TDP leaders what else could Chandrababu be called after deceiving all classes of people in the state.

Botsa examined the flood affected areas of Kakumanu Mandal in Guntur district on Thursday. He examined the crop fields damaged by floods, offering losses to the farmers. Later, speaking in a media conference, he mentioned how the heavy rains in the state for the last 10 days had caused heavy loss of lives, assets and crop fields. He reminded that major loss had been suffered by Guntur District and the leader of opposition and YSRCP president YS Jagan had visited and consoled the farmers who had suffered losses due to floods. He demanded that the government should pay compensation to the farmers affected by floods.

Botsa criticised Chandrababu's Government for not taking enough safety measures in spite of the environment department's repeatedly warning about heavy rains. The CM did not take up any assistance measures in the state until the leader of opposition insisted. He also hastily planned his visit in the flood areas by helicopter after knowing that the leader of opposition YS Jagan would tour in the areas. He slammed Chandrababu for looking for political benefits instead of coming to the aid of the farmers and the people affected by floods. He condemned not discussing the the losses due to floods in the collectors' conference that was conducted for 2 days. He stressed that the Government was responsible for assisting Guntur district that had suffered major loss.

Botsa criticized Chandrababu for boasting about 12% increase of GDP wild people of the state was suffering due to drought. He suggested that Babu's boasting should leave farmers' agony alone. He questioned the justification behind instructing banks not to offer loans beyond scale of finance in the bankers' meeting and later exclaiming that the banks were not offering loans. He confronted how the farmers could get new loans if their old loans were not waived. He demanded the Government to clear the sand deposits caused by overflow of canals. He suggested that this work could be used for Employment Guarantee scheme.

Botsa demanded for estimation of crop loss and loss of assets buy local officials and people's representatives. He suggested Chandrababu to stop counterattacking the opposition without properly understanding their intention. Slamming TDP leaders' ideology that agriculture was a waste of time, he suggested to Babu not to use this situation to perform corruption in the mask of input subsidy and compensation payment.

SCS, lifeline of people

Hyderabad, Sept 28: Reaffirming that special category status (SCS) is the lifeline of the people of the state which has been underplayed by Venkaiah Naidu and Chandrababu Naidu who have been working and speaking in tandem, YSR Congress has said that it will continue its fight until the goal is achieved.

 ‘While special status benefits the multitude of people special package will benefit a select contractors and a coterie. Venkaiah Naidu advocating the TDP view point that the special status is not a wonder drug raises doubts about his political affiliations,’ party leader Bhumana Karunakar Reddy told reporters here on Wednesday.

 It was Venkaiah Naidu who has been touring the state more frequently, despite his claim that he was elected from this state, and participating in a slew of felicitation functions in which he has been constantly praising Chandrababu Naidu and undermining the need for special status.

 It was the same Venkaiah Naidu who sought special category status for 10 years in Rajya Sabha and Chandrababu Naidu wanted for five more years. After coming to power the duo is working hard to push the issue to back burner, he said.

 The Union Minister’s claim that he had went back on the special status issue after leaders from other states approached him and sought the same benefit for their states has no relevance as it was the same Venkaiah Naidu who spoke about the need for special status which was included in the election manifesto and released at Vizag before the 2014 elections which came after the Parliament session, he said.

The amount released by RBI to the states having special category status was three times more than that of Andhra Pradesh and the many riders for giving the benefit to our state have come up only after forming the government and not even during electioneering, he said.

 ‘It is unbecoming on part of Venkaiah Naidu to speak ill about YSR Congress during his felicitation at Tenali,’ he said.

 ‘While YSR Congress stands for the people, leaders opposing the special status and ask for special package have a commercial agenda,’ he said adding that they will take up the issue to its logical end.

Corruption rampant in State

Hyderabad, Sept 28: Reiterating that corruption has grown manifold in the state, YSR Congress has said that TDP has institutionalized corruption and has been brazenly patronizing it and even a national survey has pointed out that Andhra Pradesh tops the list of corrupt states in the country.

 Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, party MLA G Srikanth Reddy said: ‘corruption levels have gone up very high and with Chandrababu Naidu himself being named in the cash for vote case and the trend has percolated down the line.

 MLAs have been openly speaking in relative terms on the issue of corruption as the National Council for Applied Economic Resources has placed Andhra Pradesh on top of the table of corrupt states. From the top leadership down the line corruption has become rampant and it has been like never before, he said.

 ‘Leaders from the ruling party have turned into extortionists and it has come in the open. Contractors and even MLAs have been openly spilling the beans which shows the general acceptance within the party circles,’ he said.

 Polavaram project has been only to benefit the contractors preferred by the ruling party and the irrigation deals are in the open with the small balance of works of YSR’s Jalayagnam being given on single tender to preferred contractors at highly inflated rates, he said.

 Even the Godavari and Krishna pushkarams were seen as an opportunity to mint money and was blatantly done while core issues like drought were neglected, he said.

Babu is all lies and deception

• People backstabbed with ignorance of promises
• There is no CM worse than him
• Not a little help to farmers
• Flood victims should be rescued at least now
• YS Jagan's tour in flooded areas

Guntur: The leader of opposition and YSRCP president YS Jagan criticised that Chandrababu was not bothering about the difficulties of farmers and people in villages. He slammed Babu for taking flights leaving people to suffer. He reminded how Babu had backstabbed his father-in-law NT Ramarao for power and added that he had now backstabbed people to get into power, with his poll promises. He toured in flooded areas and stood supportive of victims of the natural disaster.

Caring the least about pouring rain, he met and consoled victims in Reddygudem. People reported to him that neither rulers nor officials had come to their rescue. Speaking on this occasion, YS Jagan stated that it was unfortunate that the Government had not offered a rupee as assistance to the flood victims. He criticised Chandrababu for not entering villages.

YS Jagan stated that an amount of Rs.120 crore was due as input subsidy from the Government to farmers of Guntur district alone. While the centre paid Rs.463 crore of the total Rs.1000 crore, Babu had misused it for something else, he complained. Calling Babu a man of lies, YS Jagan questioned if he had any love for the farmers. After announcing that agricultural and DWCRA loans would be unconditionally waived, he had backed off upon coming to power, YS Jagan commented.

He mentioned how women were mortgaging their nuptial chains in order to get loans, as a result of Babu's deception. Recollecting how TDP's poll promises had said that babu should come to power for mortgaged gold to come back home, he criticised that Babu was watching the show as banks were auctioning the mortgaged gold. He condemned Chandrababu's instructing banks to not offer loans to farmers, over not waiving their old loans. He exclaimed that there was no CM in India, worse than Chandrababu.

YS Jagan stated that the farmers were in deteriorated state of mind after having seen their crops withering due to lack of rainfall till the end of August and now drowning in floods, after giving a little temporary hope. He mentioned that cotton, rice and chilly were sown in lakhs of acres only to be destroyed by the calamity. Rice in houses got wet. Thirty computers in schools were drenched in the water. But Babu was least concerned about all this, while roaming in his helicopters, YS Jagan remarked. He made it clear that YSRCP would stay supportive of all the farmers and victims of flood till they received proper assistance.

Come Down To Hear Their Agony

• Loans have not been waived
• Not one rupee of input subsidy is given
• Babu is roaming in planes instead of examining crops
• YS Jagan examining destroyed crops
• Demand to the Government for doing justice to farmers

Guntur:  The leader of opposition in AP and YSRCP president YS Jagan complained that the farmers' difficulties were going without being heard or cared for by the Government. He condemned Chandrababu's taking flights while farmers on the ground were crying from their losses due to destroyed crops. He examined the crop fields destroyed by floods in Muthyalampadu village of Dachepalli mandal in Guntur district. He inquired farmers about their problems and assured them of his support. On this occasion, he slammed the Government's behaviour.

Here is what he spoke.

• During monsoon, cotton and rice crops were sown in 3 lakh acres and chilly was sown in 1.5 lakh acres area. Now all of them have been destroyed.
• Lease amount for cotton is around Rs.40,000-50,000. More than Rs.20,000 has been invested. For chilly, more than Rs.50,000 has been invested. Now everything has been destroyed.
• While farmers are suffering from such heavy losses, Chandrababu is roaming in the sky instead of directly examining the crops.
• It is unfortunate that neither officials nor rulers are coming to visit farmers.
• Not a rupee is being given as assistance to agriculture.
• There have not been any rains till the end of July or August. Finally when there was some rain and farmers tried to rescue their crops, they were drenched and drowned by heavy rains.
• Not a rupee was given last year to farmers as input subsidy.
• Guntur district alone should receive Rs.120 crore from the total of Rs.1000 crore. But nothing has been given till date.
• With no input subsidy given, no loans being waived and no gold mortgaged in banks reaching home as promised, farmers are confused and helpless.
• With Chandrababu instructing banks to not offer loans, farmers are unable to get a rupee of loan.
• This situation is leaving the farmers with no option but to get private loans for 2-3% rate of interest.
• Chandrababu has to take responsibility, come down to the ground and examine the losses. He has to do justice to the farmers at loss. 

Fight for special status at various levels

• Strong movement for special category status
• United effort for the cause
• Chandrababu’s corruption everywhere
• MPs will resign if needed
• People’s verdict will be an eye-opener

Hyderabad: The leader of opposition and YSRCP president YS Jagan proclaimed that the fight for special category status would be consolidated further. In order to raise awareness among the NRIs regarding the issue, along with senior journalist Kommineni Srinivasa rao, he discussed many issues through video interaction from the party’s central office in Hyderabad.

First YS Jagan explained about the importance of special category status. He also slammed Chandrababu’s deception in the matter. He commented that the state had been divided irregularly and with Hyderabad not being divided, people of AP had to lose 98% percentage of the companies. He reminded that 70% of the production industries were in Hyderabad. YS Jagan remarked that we need special status in order to competitively attain the state of the art infrastructure. Mentioning the discounts possible through the status, he called for further consolidation of fight for its achievement.

YS Jagan made it clear that YSRCP’s MPs would resign if needed, in order to achieve the status for the state. Proclaiming they would join hands with anybody in the struggle for special status, he slammed Chandrababu for thanking and welcoming Arun Jaitley’s announcement of special package, thus slaughtering the hopes for the grant of special status.

Here is what he spoke during the online interaction with NRIs.  

• There is no bigger liar than Chandrababu.
• Nobody can manipulate systems in India as Chandrababu does.
• When Telangana has been achieved, it is not impossible to achieve special category status.
• Struggle will find solution in democracy.
• He boasted about his doing MA and PhD. Then why is nobody calling him “Dr.Chandrababu”?
• We have also seen him say things like he invented the cell phone.
• Everyone knows how good his English is.
• Chandrababu welcomed Arun Jaitley’s announcement, wonder how far he could understand it!
• Announcement was made about special package in Legislative Council and the centre was thanked for it.
• Polavaramproject’s regulations were irregularly altered.
• The system should change. People should confront the leaders.
• How long we live does not matter; it is how we live that matters.
• The centre clearly said that not much is being done for Polavaram either.
• Chandrababu’s Government is trying to continue the same contractor unjustly, in spite of Polavaram authority’s will and pleas.
• Chandrababu is not bothering about the contractor’s inefficiency.
• Instead of bringing pressure on the centre in the direction of sanctioning the status, Chandrababu is diverting the topic.
• Employment opportunities for the youth will improve only with the advent of new industries.
• Industrial discounts will be possible only if special status is given.
• Industrialists will come forward to invest if discounts are given.
• If CM and cabinet ministers deceive people, who else can help?
• We all can see the written form of announcement made by Arun Jaitley.
• Chandrababu is jumping with joy for what Arun Jaitley dropped into our hands.
• Chandrababu is delighted even if special status has been drowned.

• We will join hands with anybody who wants to fight for the status, like we did with people’s organisations and communists.
• Chandrababu was caught red-handed in Cash for Vote case. He is satisfied with whatever the state gives the state, as long as he is not pulled into the court for interrogation.
• Every agitation for the status is becoming successful due to unity.
• We will raise cognizance among people with our agitations. Our aim is to achieve the status.
• Special status is an elixir.
• Chandrababu and Venkaiah Naidu who have suggested at the time of the state’s bifurcation and promised at the time of elections for sanction of special status to AP for 10 and 15 years respectively have changed their word now.
• TDP and BJP will collapse due to their behaviour in the matter of special status just like Congress Party that collapsed in AP due to the decision taken by UPA Government regarding bifurcation of the state.
• Only the PM has the power to sanction special category status.
• The 14th Finance Commission never objected to the idea of sanction of special status. Letter written by its member Abhijit Sen clearly proves it.
• PM gave Jammu & Kashmir that is already enjoying special status, a special package of Rs.80,000 crore. Does that mean it does not have special status?
• In 2019, definitely coalition Government will be formed in the centre. No party is going to get 280 seats. If we win 22-23 seats, we can demand the centre.
• Vinukonda MLA established a company in Himachal Pradesh that has special status. How can this be explained?
• Due to the benefits offered by the special category status, industrialists themselves will come forward to invest.
• Listening to Arun Jaitley’s announcement, nobody would want to thank him.
• The funds supposed to be sanctioned to the state are being given with a different name.

• Chandrababu is sidetracking everybody’s attention in the matter of capital city.
• Good quality crop lands have been snatched from farmers with false statements.
• Swiss Challenge system is being used to pass time.
• Why are the 20 MLAs who joined TDP after defecting YSRCP, not being asked to resign?
• Questioning Chandrababu’s corruption is leading to counterblaming about hindering development.
• There is 972 km coastal corridor in AP.
• Special category status seems to be set aside.
• Our youth is well-educated and talented. They all will be benefited from the status.
• Do not lose courage. Fight with determination will yield the status.
• Chandrababu is posing obstacles to or fight.
• Let us fight in spite of resistance from the centre and Chandrababu.
• Support from every one of you is needed for this movement.
• Relentless fight will definitely make it possible.
• Actually, it is Chandrababu who has to fight and achieve the status by bringing pressure through withdrawing his ministers from the union Government.
• But his dormancy is provoking us to fight.
• Rulers are getting habitual of lying at the time of elections and neglecting people later.

Struggle For SCS Should Be Heated Up

Let us make sure the struggle is heated up

YSRCP's official spokesman Ambati Rambabu proclaimed that it was everybody's responsibility to make sure the struggle for special category status was heated up in such a way that Chandrababu brought pressure on BJP Government veterans like Narendra Modi and Venkaiah Naidu. He spoke at Chaitanya Patham programme organised at Guntur. He called for everybody's solidarity to the movement going on in AP for the cause. He mentioned that people of Telangana who performed many struggles and agitations to finally achieve their state were an inspiration.

Babu is answerable

Narasaraopet MLA Gopireddy Srinivas Reddy mentioned ow Chandrababu had earlier stated that his blood was boiling and later welcomed special package and demanded to know what had happened between the two incidents. Speaking at Chaitanya Patham programme, he slammed Babu fordeceiving people in the name of special package. He condemned Babu's attempts to divert people's emotions by bluffing special package was a great deal. He questioned what was behind Chandrababu's emphasis on the importance of special package while the youth were in favour of special status, after Chandrababu's promises. He cited that Himachal Pradesh had had 23,000 jobs before special category status was given, but later they had risen to more than 1,25,000. He suggested that Babu should consider these facts before making statements.