The prices of all commodities, including petrol, power charges and house taxes are skyrocketing after Jagan Mohan Reddy became the Chief Minister of the State, said TDP president and former chief minister, Nara Chandrababu Naidu, here on Friday.

Addressing a roadshow at Bapatla as part of his ongoing ‘Idemi Kharma Mana Rashtraniki’ programme, Chandarbabu Naidu said that when online payment is introduced even in the retail outlets why the same system is not extended to liquor shops. The poor quality of liquor is resulting in several women becoming widows, he said adding that the ongoing programme has been christened as ‘Idemi Kharma’ after observing all this.

“On one hand Jagan is paying Rs 10 for you and on the other he is grabbing Rs 100 from you,” Chandrababu Naidu said, mentioning the ongoing welfare programmes. The Chief Minister was under the impression that the people are not aware of this but everyone came to know about the fact very soon, he added.

Chandrababu Naidu predicted that whenever the elections are held in the State it is certain that the YSRCP will vanish from the scene. Why the condition of the roads in almost all parts of the State are in such a poor condition now, he asked. “I am also a victim of this bad condition of the roads but still continuing my fight only to save this State from the clutches of the psychos,” he observed.

Pointing out that Jagan welcomed on the floor of the Assembly when the bill on Amaravathi was introduced, the TDP supremo said that he wished to transform Amaravathi as another Hyderabad. But, the State has no capital now and the credit goes only to Jagan, he remarked.

Till the other day, the whole world looked at Amaravathi but the people of the State now can not claim that they have a capital city, he maintained. Is it not the sin committed by Jagan, he asked and said that the assets worth over Rs 4 lakh to Rs 5 lakh crore got totally ruined by bringing the progress of Amaravathi to a halt.

Observing that he treated Polavaram very close to his heart and conducted periodical reviews on the progress of the project, Chandrababu Naidu said, in a rather sarcastic way, that in the name of reverse tendering Jagan submerged it in the river Godavari. Investors are running away from the State as a result of which the youth is not getting employment, he said and asked as to why the Anna Canteens were forced to be closed.

Chandrababu Naidu promised to reopen the Anna Canteens after the TDP comes back to power and said that all the welfare schemes that are discontinued now will be revived. The State Government is misusing the police force, he said and pointed out that the suspicious death of Jagan’s uncle, YS Vivekananda Reddy, continues to cause speculation whether it is a murder or a natural death.

Pointing out the local issues, he said that the Bapatla MLA, Kona Raghupathi, is demanding Rs 10 lakh from each real estate contractor. The local MLA is leading even the sand mafia, he maintained.

Stating that Jagan has no right to mention the Backward Classes welfare, Chandrababu Naidu called upon the people to support the TDP incharge for Bapatla, Varma, and ensure his victory in the coming polls. “It is your responsibility to support Varma and I am assuring you that I will develop the area” the TDP supremo said.

Former chief minister and TDP president, Nara Chandrababu Naidu, on Friday told the minority community that it was the TDP that launched several welfare programmes for Muslims.

In a close interaction with the members of the Muslim community at Ponnur in Guntur district, Chandrababu Naidu said that when the TDP came to power in 1983, within two years, in 1985 itself, Minorities Corporation was formed keeping in view the welfare of the Muslims, while Urdu was recognised as second official language later.

“Huz House was set up to enable Muslims to go on Huz pilgrimage from Hyderabad and financial assistance was provided to them,” he said. Maintaining that Urdu University was established by the TDP in Hyderabad and after the State was divided another Urdu University was set up in Kurnool, Chandrababu Naidu said that it is the TDP that provided Ramzan Tofa for over 10 lakh Muslims.

“Even Sankranthi Kanuka was extended during the TDP rule to Muslim community,” the former chief minister said adding that Hyderabad city never witnessed communal clashes after the TDP came to power. The other schemes that were launched after 2014 for the welfare of the community, have now been cancelled, he said.

Observing that he has encouraged higher education by setting up more engineering colleges and encouraged the IT sector only to provide better employment, the TDP supremo said that the 33 per cent reservation for women is yielding good results. “Now you cannot question the Government on any issue and if you raise any issues, you will be ready to face cases,” he said.

Former chief minister and TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu wrote a letter to DGP K V Rajendranath Reddy condemning the murder of a girl Tapaswini in Guntur on December 6. The TDP chief said that the people of Guntur are still remembering the brutal murder of Ramya in the broad day light.

He said that the crime against women in Andhra Pradesh was increasing and blamed the police for their inaction. He regretted that the police had failed to take stringent measures to protect the women in the state while the criminals were moving freely.

Referring to the Tapaswini murder, Chandrababu Naidu said that the deceased girl had earlier complained against the youth, Gnaneswar. It was said that Gnaneswar had been harassing Tapaswini for several months and wondered what steps the police had taken to protect her life after her complaint.

He criticised the police for ignoring her complaint leading to the youth killing the girl. He said that he had personally telephoned the parents of the girl who told him their daughter’s plight and pointed an accusing finger at the police for their inaction.

It is important that the Government has to work towards preventing and mitigating crimes in a proactive manner, rather than just reacting, Chandrababu Naidu said in his letter and blamed the police for the increasing crime against women in the state.

He further alleged that the government was deceiving people of Andhra Pradesh in the name of Disa Act by undertaking a specious campaign over the same. The brutal murder of Tapaswini is the result of collective failure on the part of the government, he said.

In this backdrop, it is appealed to not only take appropriate action against the culprit in Tapaswini’s murder, but it is also equally important to ensure that such crimes are not repeated, the TDP chief said. It is high time that the government leaves its complacency and ensures that the safety and security of women in the State is not compromised, he maintained.

The rank and file of the opposition TDP in Andhra Pradesh is elated over the party chief N Chandrababu Naidu getting invitation for a meeting to be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.

The Central government is holding an all-party meeting in the national capital on December 5 to discuss the plans to hold a G20 nations meeting to be held next year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been elected as chairman of the G20 nations at its recent meeting.

The proposed meeting on December 5 would be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Prahlad Joshi is sending invitations to the leaders of various political parties including the chief ministers of the state.

Accordingly, Prahlad Joshi had made a telephone call to Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday and invited him to attend the meeting. This was the second meeting between Chandrababu Naidu and Narendra Modi, though not a one on one.

Last time both the leaders met in Delhi was in August this year at the national level meeting on Azadi Ka Amrut, where the agenda for celebration of 75 years of independence. Both Naidu and Modi were in alliance in 2014 elections and Naidu broke the alliance in 2018. Since then they never saw eye to eye.

Now, with the BJP leadership extending an invitation for a meeting with Narendra Modi for the second time in a year is seen as a positive sign among the TDP leaders. They say that Chandrababu Naidu would use the opportunity to restore ties with the BJP ahead of the 2024 general elections.

TDP chief and former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu alleged that the prestigious Jockey had withdrawn investments in its industry near Raptadu in Anantapur district. Naidu said that the TDP regime had given 27 acres of land to the Jockey industry in 2017 which was to invest Rs 129 crore and manufacture garments.

The TDP chief alleged that a ruling party MLA from Anantapur district had mounted pressure on the company to give him money that he had spent on his election. He further said that the MLA had also started mounting pressure on the company to give jobs only to those who were recommended by him.

Chandrababu Naidu said that the company had reported the matter to the senior officials in the government and the senior leaders in the ruling party. However, as none of them checked the MLA, the company had finally written a letter to the industries secretary returning the land and asking for the money that they had paid to the government towards the fee.

The TDP chief further said that the Jockey company had gone to the neighbouring Telangana state and was investing in Ibrahimpatnam and Mulugu. The company had also thanked the Telangana state government for its support in establishing the garment manufacturing unit in the state.

Chandrababu Naidu dared the government and the ruling party to prove him wrong on this issue. He further said that several investors were going away from the state, while not a single investor had come to the state in the last three years.

The TDP chief said that several industries, which were established in the state before the YSR Congress came to power, were slowly moving out of the state. He accused the ruling YSR Congress of robbing the industrialists and investors besides the people.

TDP supremo Nara Chandra Babu Naidu launched yet another innovative programme from the 3rd week of November. The programme is going to go all guns ablaze across the state in the name of Idem Kharma!

The TDP has decided to conduct state-wide programmes and demonstrations highlighting the dire state of governance, issues faced by people, and the downward trajectory of the state’s growth curve under the three-and-a-half years of the YSRCP regime by reaching out to households across the state through a Door-to-Door Campaign.

The party leadership along with the entire party cadre are going to actively reach out to all the households in the state in a span of 45 days.

Through this programme the party is aiming to focus on 10 major issues faced by the people across the state, not only by creating awareness but also engaging people on the issues and at the same time highlighting the failure and incapability of Jagan Mohan Reddy’s government by bringing him to the people’s court and empowering people of AP to expose false propaganda of YSRCP.

The party would launch the campaign on issues like unemployment, crime against women, increasing prices, cannabis exports and increase in the use of drugs, damaged roads, non-availability of sand, corruption and increasing suicides by the farmers.

TDP party and its entire cadre, on the call of Chandrababu Naidu will reach out to every village and households encouraging them to share their suffering and understand issues they are facing. The main agenda of this programme is to assure and create bharosa among people on safe governance, the TDP said in a release on Saturday.