Maintaining that it is not correct to distort the comments made by the senior judges, former MLA and senior TDP leader, Bonda Umamaheswara Rao, said on Wednesday that it is nothing but a heinous act.

Bonda Uma told media persons at the party headquarters here that the ruling YSRCP leaders could not prove in the past five years that TDP supremo and former chief minister, Chandrababu Naidu, has resorted to even five paise corruption in the Skill Development case levelled against him. Additional Advocate General (AAG), Ponnavolu Sudhakar Reddy, is acting as the YSRCP agent, Bonda Uma said and advised the AAG to at least stop now talking politics.

Ponnavolu Sudhakar Reddy has caste and party mania, Bonda Uma said and added that the comments made by the High Court and the Supreme Court judges are being distorted, particularly by the Crime Investigation Department (CID) officials, the AAG and the team of Chief Minister, Jagan Mohan Reddy. “Initially, the charges were made that Rs 3,300 cr corruption in the Skill Development case which was later brought down to Rs 317 cr and finally a misinformation campaign was launched that Rs 27 cr was diverted to the party fund,” he stated.

Asking as to why evidence could not be produced before the courts to this effect for the past 20 months, Bonda Uma said that even a single charge could not be proved. Is Ponnavolu Sudhakar dare enough to produce necessary evidence at least now, he asked.

Stating that the TDP has filed a quash petition under Section 17A, he said that the State Government is wasting crores of public money by engaging senior advocates to argue in the case. The YSRCP is finding fault with the Skill Development which had the Cabinet approval, the former MLA said and felt that the AAG and the State Government should realise the fact at least now.

Bonda Uma felt that the cases against Chandrababu Naidu have been filed only for personal gains and pointed out that a senior judge of the Supreme Court has rejected the arguments of Jagan and the CID and said that Section 17A is applicable. Also, the High Court, while granting bail to Chandrababu Naidu, commented that the CID could not produce evidence even in a single case filed against Chandrababu Naidu and asked how the policy decisions of the earlier government could be attributed to the former chief minister, he pointed out.

Vijayamma, mother of Jagan, has withdrawn the case filed against Chandrababu Naidu as she could not produce any evidence, he said and added that even the cases filed by the late Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy, the father of Jagan, too did not stand before the law. How YSRCP MP, Avinash Reddy, who is the prime accused in the Vivekananda Reddy murder case got bail even without going to jail, he asked.

Kodi Katti Seenu has been behind the bars for the past five years as Jagan did not attend the court hearings, Bonda Uma said and felt that all this is a drama being played by Jagan. How Jagan has been getting the exemptions which no other leader till now and how he got 3,500 adjournments in 38 cases, he asked.

The Supreme Court even questioned Jagan as to how he could earn Rs 43,000 cr in such a short period, Bonda Uma said and stated that it is really surprising that the family of Jagan which was in a position to sell their own house in Hyderabad in 2004 could rise to the level of having Rs 4 lakh cr. No Chief Minister in the country has risen so high in such a short period, he remarked.

Jagan and his team should at least now stop resorting to misinformation campaign, Bonda Uma added.

TDP politburo member, Bonda Umamaheswara Rao, on Saturday came down heavily on the Jagan Mohan Reddy Government and said that the single agenda of Jagan is filing false case against the leaders of the Opposition parties totally ignoring welfare and development.

Talking to media persons at the TDP headquarters Bonda Uma felt that it is really shameful that illegal cases have been filed against former chief minister and TDP supremo, Chandrabbau Naidu, and senior TDP leader, Kollu Ravindra, for the policy decisions taken during the TDP regime. Despite the courts having pulled up the State Government repeatedly illegal cases are being foisted shamelessly against the Opposition parties leaders, he stated.

YSRCP MP, Viayasai Reddy, advisor to the Government, Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy, and the ‘J’ gang have been levelling baseless allegations that the then government has suffered Rs 1,300 cr loss due to the cancellation of the privilege fee, Bonda Uma said. The excise policy for 2015-16 was framed after studying the matter thoroughly and after holding Cabinet meetings three times, he said.

The then excise commissioner, Naresh, and the then special chief secretary, Ajay Kallam, have sent the note to the state government for the 2015-16 excise policy, Bonda Uma said. In this note they have clearly mentioned that the neighbouring Telangana Government is increasing the number of liquor shops, for every 10,000 population one liquor shop is being set up, the prices of liquor is being brought down by Rs 30 to Rs 40 per quarter and the consumption has come down in the past three years.

This apart, they also said in the note that there is every possibility of liquor to be smuggled into the State from the neighbouring six States, Bonda Uma pointed out. The officials have made an appeal to the state government to formulate the excise policy taking all these issues into consideration and following this the Cabinet discussed the issue of excise policy in three meetings held consequently, he added.

After conducting a thorough study on all these matters, a decision on excise policy was taken by the Cabinet at its next meeting, he said and clearly mentioned the dates on which the Cabinet met. On May 22, 2015, later on June 1, then on June 8 and finally on June 17, 2015, he pointed out.

In the complaint made by Vasudeva Reddy, who is now holding a position much above the deputation, has alleged that privilege fee was waived without taking any decision by the Cabinet, Bonda Uma said. The TDP politburo member made an appeal to the people to realise the fact that for his capacity how can he make a complaint eight years after the Cabinet has taken a decision.

As Vasudeva Reddy mentioned, the then Cabinet mentioned the main points like liquor shops should be allotted through lottery system for fixed lease, stringent measures be taken to check smuggling of liquor into the State and steps to check illicit liquor sale and the then chief secretary has signed the Cabinet resolutions on June 22, 2015, he stated.

What is more important is that Ajay Kallam, who was the then special chief secretary (excise) signed the relevant file and issued the GO No 216 dated June 22, 2015 and GO No 217 dated June 22, 2015. Through these GOs, he amended the excise rules and announced various decisions, Bonda Uma explained.
Most important issues in these GOs are, he waived the privilege fee system which was in force till then and if any shop, on the fixed licence fee, conducts more business, an additional eight per cent VAT and tax should be paid, Uma said and stated that following these orders some shop owners resorted to sell the products more than the Minimum Retail Price (MRP) and sell the products through their shops by ordering them in the name of other shops. Only to check this malpractice, the privilege fee was waived, he said.

Neither Chandrababu, in his capacity as the chief minister, nor Kollu Ravindra in his capacity as the minister for Excise, signed on these files but only Ajay Kallam in his capacity as the special chief secretary (excise) has taken the decision and issued the relevant GO, Bonda Uma noted. It is really shameful that Vijaysai Reddy and Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy have signed the files, he remarked.

Then excise commissioner, Mukesh Kumar Meena, has sent a note to Ajay Kallam making certain suggestions to formulate a policy on setting up bars, he added. While forwarding the file to the chief minister and the minister concerned, Ajay Kallam made it clear in the note that the feing file is being forwarded to them only as a formality and thus both of them signed on it, Bonda Uma explained.

Vasudeva Reddy says he could understand something in this and then made a complaint to the CID, which as usual filed a case and started making funny arguments on this, Bonda Uma said and felt that those who have foisted false cases against Mr Chandrababu and those who are giving directions to them to file such cases will have to pay a very heavy price in future. The TDP politburo member said that the State Government is now selling cheap liquor at 400 times more than during the TDP regime and there are no digital payments in any shop.

Bonda Uma said that all this money is being transported to the Tadepalle palace. Making it clear that there are were no irregularities in liquor sale during TDP regime, he said that Jagan is now looting lakhs of crores from the people through liquor sale.

Chief Minister, Jagan Mohan Reddy and his pet group the Crime Investigation Department (CID) have stooped so low that the donations given by the public to the TDP are being presented as corrupt money, observed TDP politburo member, Bonda Umamaheswara Rao, on Friday.

The CID which has been investigating the Skill Development Corporation case for the past four years could not finalise anything but is now trying to find some loopholes in the funds the TDP received through donations, Bonda Uma told media persons at the party headquarters here. Pointing out that the CID has sent notices to the TDP office to submit the details on the donations received, Bonda Uma asked whether the investigation wing is dare enough to serve the same notices on the YSRCP.

Can the CID investigate how Jagan has become the richest Chief Minister in the country and present the facts before the people, the TDP politburo member asked. The media house owned by Jagan has been publishing all fabricated reports wrongly portraying the leaders of Opposition parties to make the people believe the illusory truth while the CID has turned out to be an organisation to help Jagan in his political vendetta, he remarked.

The CID, in its notices served on the TDP office, has sought the details which are in no way concerned with the agency and it should never ask for, Bonda Uma said. The TDP has been submitting all the relevant details to the Election Commission periodically and though all such details are available on public platforms, some organisations owned by him are trying to sling mud at the party, Bonda Uma observed.

Though it is four years and eight months since Jagan has become the Chief Minister, either he or hispet organisation, the CID, are still not in a position to realise the facts except resorting to mud-slinging, he remarked. Immediately after coming to power Jagan, enticed some senior officers at a meeting with rewards if they somehow try to send former chief minister and TDP supremo, Chandrababu Naidu, to jail, the TDP politburo member noted.

“But in four years Jagan could not prove even a single charge against Chandrababu. Since he was in jail for several months he somehow sent Chandrababu also to jail by foisting false cases only to get some vicious pleasure,” Bonda Uma maintained. Finally, with the facts coming to light that Chandrababu did not commit any mistake in the case, now the ruling dispensation is resorting to project the public donations as corrupt money, he said.

Bonda Uma made it clear that the TDP never stoops so low to win the polls like Jagan who looted lakhs of crores of public money and transferred these money through hawala to foreign countries only to get it back at the time of elections. Can Jagan tell the people how he got thousands of crores in the shape of donations, he asked.

Assistant Advocate General, Ponnavolu Sudhakar Reddy, also has made wrong presentations before the courts that the TDP got Rs 27 cr as the party has already presented before the public through what sources these Rs 27 cr was received by the party, Bonda Uma said.

The Election Commission also should focus on how Jagan has become the richest Chief Minister in the country, Bonda Uma said and made it clear that the TDP never cares for false propaganda and fake reports. The TDP periodically submits its details to the poll panel and the Income Tax Department, he clarified.

TDP politburo member, Bonda Umamaheswara Rao, on Friday asked Chief Minister, Jagan Mohan Reddy, to reply into whose pocket the Rs 10,000 cr raised as loan by mortgaging the TIDCO (Township and Infrastructure Development Corporation) houses built for the poor by the TDP regime has gone.

Talking to media persons, Bonda Uma suspected massive corruption in every stage in this Government, including in the distribution of one cent house-sites to the poor and in building villages in the name of Jaganna villages construction. “The Chief Minister has looted Rs 7,000 cr in the name of distribution of one cent house-sites to the poor,” the TDP politburo member said.

Bonda Uma revealed that the State Government has recently raised Rs 10,000 cr as loan from various banks by mortgaging the TIDCO houses without the knowledge of the beneficiaries. These TIDCO houses were built by Chandrababu naidu when he was the chief minister for distribution to the poor, he stated.

Now these banks are asking the beneficiaries to repay the loans and the banks have now even branded the houses as non-performing accounts (NPAs), Bonda Uma said and demanded the State Government to see to it that the beneficiaries get the regular status back. “It is the duty of the State Government that the beneficiaries get back the regular status as it is not their mistake,” the TDP leader remarked.

Chandrababu wanted to realise the dream of the poor to own a house and thus built 3.13 lakh TIDCO housing units between 2014 and 2019, Bonda Uma said and added that now Jagan shamelessly mortgaged these housing units to raise a loan of Rs 10,000 cr. The Chief Minister misled the banks to get the loan that the construction of these TIDCO houses is not fully completed and thus he needs funds to complete them, he revealed.

Since the term of the loan of two years has been completed and the construction is not taken up the banks served notices on the beneficiaries to repay the loans. This apart, the banks have even branded the beneficiaries as non-performing accounts which results that they can not approach any bank for any kind of loans now, he explained.

The beneficiaries are now helpless as the banks are even getting ready to auction the TIDCO houses, Bonda Uma said. He demanded the Chief Minister to immediately initiate measures not only to stop the banks from going for auction of the housing units but also to see to it that the beneficiaries get the regular status.

Bonda Uma also said that the State Government should complete the construction of the TIDCO houses and distribute them to the beneficiaries immediately. The Jagan Reddy Government has collected money from the beneficiaries of the housing units distributed to them as far back as 15 to 20 years back in the combined State, he said.

Jagan Mohan Reddy, who is looting the State and deceiving the innocent people is shamelessly campaigning ‘Why AP Needs Jagan’, all with public money, Bonda Uma said. He called upon the people to think who has done good for them and who is looting the State.

Telugu Desam (TDP) politburo member and former MLA, Bonda Umamaheswara Rao, on Wednesday came down heavily on the State police for violating the fundamental rights of the citizens of the State only to favour the ruling dispensation.

Talking to media persons on Wednesday, Umamaheswara Rao asked what right the State police force has to stifle the voice of the common public to favour the ruling party which is bringing in GOs that are totally outdated.

“What explanation Additional Director General of Police, Ravi Shankar Ayyanar, has given on Tuesday with regard to GO-1 is nothing but a script prepared by the Tadepalle Palace,” Bonda Uma said.

“The way the Kuppam Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) created hurdles to a former chief minister and Leader of the Opposition is highly objectionable,” Uma said and wanted to know whether the Additional DG and the DGP did not observe this. How the police, after giving permission for Chandrababu’s tour, can create hurdles for him in Kuppam, he asked.

The police miserably failed to provide proper security at Kandukur and Guntur despite knowing well that the gathering would be very heavy to Chandrababu’s meetings, Bonda Uma said, adding that the police could not control the massive crowd at Guntur.

Though proper prior permission was taken for the Guntur meeting, the police miserably failed to provide necessary security which resulted in the unpleasant incident, he observed.

Are the political parties organising public meetings and road shows only after Jagan Mohan Reddy became Chief Minister, he asked and questioned whether the then Chandrababu government did not provide proper security to Jagan’s pada yatra.

The ruling YSRCP leaders have been using highly objectionable language against those who are critical of the party, including the main Opposition, said TDP politburo member, Bonda Umaheswara Rao, on Tuesday.

Umamaheswara Rao told media persons that after Jagan Mohan Reddy became the Chief Minister the YSRCP leaders have begun using such language which is highly objectionable and unprintable. In fact, Jagan Mohan Reddy has turned into the vice chancellor of the university for objectionable language, he added.

The kind of language used by the ruling party leaders like Kodali Nani, Ambati Rambabu, Malladi Vishnu, R K Roja and Vijayasai Reddy appear to be palatable to Jagan Mohan Reddy as the latter is also known for speaking such words, Bonda Uma stated. The people are closely observing this and they will teach a lesson to the YSRCP when the time comes, he added.

Jagan Mohan Reddy is known for unethical and murder politics, Umamaheswara Rao observed and ridiculed the chief minister calling the TDP as the party of filthy language. He further alleged that the YSR Congress leaders have crossed all the limits in hurling abuses at the opposition and wondered how Jagan Mohan Reddy blamed the TDP!

The TDP leader said that the people of the state are aware of the language that the political parties are using in the state. “People know who speaks the filthy language and who is known for it,” he observed.

The TDP leader also said that people were laughing at the chief minister’s statement of blaming the TDP for the filthy language. He advised the chief minister to keep his party leaders under check and teach them not to use filthy language in politics.

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) politburo member and former MLA, Bonda Umamaheswara Rao, on Saturday said that Chief Minister, Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, has begun his administration with destructions. In the past three-and-half years, the Chief Minister has been resorting to demolitions and attacks on those who are questioning his corrupt practices and the major policy of Mr Jagan is filing false cases against the Opposition parties leaders.

Talking to media persons Umamaheswara Rao asked what mistakes the villagers of Ippatam had committed and why several houses were demolished in the village. Is it a crime that the villagers had committed by allowing the Jana Sena chief, Mr Pawan Kalyan, to hold his public meeting in Ippatam, Bonda Uma questioned and said that the TDP strongly condemns all these activities.

In the name of road widening, several houses were demolished in the village though many pregnant women were falling at the feet of the officials drafted for the demolition, the TDP politburo member said. As senior TDP leader, Chintakayala Ayyannapatrudu, questioned the YSRCP leaders on the illegal land acquisition worth Rs 40 cr, he and his son, Rajaesh, were harassed by the CID officials, Uma said.

The farmers of the Amaravathi, who sacrificed their lands for the capital, were also subjected to various kinds of harassment, he said. Why no action has been initiated yet against Jagan’s uncle, Ravindranath Reddy, though he illegally occupied Wakf lands in Kamalapuram of Kadapa district and built a film theatre on the lands, he pointed out.

The local MLA, his brother and MLC, Arun, and their followers after hatching a conspiracy attacked the convoy of the former chief minister and TDP national president, Chandrababu Naidu, at Nandigama, Uma remarked. Luckily Chandrababu escaped from the attack and the Government is resorting to all these pre-planned attacks, he stated.

He demanded that the local MLA, MLC and others be included as accused for the murder attempt on Chandrababu Naidu in Nandigama and asked what the local police officials drafted for security duty were doing. Also, the alleged conspiracy to kill Pawan Kalayn too should be probed, he said and called upon the political parties leaders, intellectuals and others to come onto the road to condemn such atrocities by the ruling party leaders.

Has Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy held talks and reached a deal with a South Korean company on the privatisation of the multi-crore Visakha Steel Plant? There are reports that CM Jagan struck a deal with Posco Managing Director at his Tadepalli residence on October 29, 2019 itself. When the photos of this appeared in the media, the steel plant unions had expressed their resentment at that time itself.

If that was the case, how is that the CM has now written a letter to the Prime Minister to roll back the privatisation drive? The TDP says the Chief Minister is clearly telling all lies in this respect. Former MLA Bonda Uma says that this is clearly one more quid pro quo deal that is aimed at giving the Rs. 2 lakh Cr worth Visakha Steel to the South Korean company at just Rs. 5,000 Cr.

Mr. Uma said that the YCP collusion was evident by the fact that its 28 MPs did not utter a single word against the Vizag Steel privatisation when it was announced in the Parliament. They were all there in Delhi only to promote their selfish financial interests and to grab assets and industries in AP but not to protect the interests of the State. MP Vijaya Sai Reddy has been playing a dubious role in destroying the steel plant also. The CM and his MPs have prepared ground to loot the special economic zones (SEZs), prominent clubs and ports in the State. They have set their sights on Waltair Club, Film Nagar Club, Bay Park, etc in Vizag. Now, they were not even sparing the Visakha Steel which was regarded as the pride of Andhra. The YCP leaders have already grabbed the Kakinada SEZ, Kakinada Port, Krishnapatnam Port, Bandar Port and such huge assets.