TDP National President N Chandrababu Naidu expressed concern over the withdrawal of Singapore government from the Amaravati Start-up Area Project. This will further erode the corporate companies’ trust in the state. Naidu said that AP has lost this project because of mindless act of YCP government which has cancelled a world class promising project. He said that CM Jagan Reddy is causing greater damage to AP people than expected. CM actions will destroy the future of many generations of Andhras.

Unfortunately, while the whole country looked up to Amaravati project as a highly potential global city with international investment opportunities, Jagan Reddy Circar simply killed the project with no hesitation. It has now given clarity that the Capital City will be undoubtedly shifted out of Amaravati. Jagan promised to develop Amaravati during elections. But YCP says this promise is not there in Navaratnalu.

Ironically, Amaravati is being destroyed despite severe criticism from the industrialists. Infosys ex director Mohandas unhesitatingly said that Jagan is destroying AP single-handedly. No honest industrialist will make investments in the state.

One may make any number of baseless allegations or resort to wild criticism against others in politics to gain political mileage but when it comes to reality, what it matters is truth and practicality

AP CM YS Jaganmohan Reddy too realised this when he met union petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan in Vijayawada recently.

Jagan used to level baseless allegations and wild criticism on Naidu on the issue of setting up petrochemical complex in Kakinada at a cost of Rs 30,000 crore, when he was Leader of Opposition.

The Centre wanted AP government to pay Rs 5,000 crore as viability gap funding (VGF) to launch this project. Naidu as CM then fought with Centre to reduce VGF to Rs 1,500 crore as a revenue deficit state like AP after bifurcation cannot afford to pay Rs 5,000 crore. This led to delay in the project. Jagan then used to accuse Naidu of delaying this project deliberately.

Now, Jagan became CM. When he met Dharmendra Pradhan last week, Jagan made the same request urging him to reduce VGF and start the project immediately,

Dharmendra Pradhan told Jagan that earlier Naidu also used to make the same request due to which the project got delayed.

Jagan said AP’s financial condition continues to be worse and as such AP cannot afford to pay Rs 5,000 crore. Pradhan told him that he will take up this issue with PM Modi and he cannot assure anything on this on his own.

With this, it became clear that this project got delayed due to Centre’s insistence on Rs 5,000 crore VGF and not because of Naidu, as alleged by Jagan.

Now Jagan realised that he has nothing much to do on this project except seeking the help of Centre like Naidu did.

TDP National President N Chandrababu Naidu announced his decision to hold a day-long hunger strike against CM Jagan Reddy oppressive sand policy. He expressed concern that much more damage might be done to Andhra state because of one bad person coming to power in the state. Naidu asked how the Jagan Reddy government can get all the panchayat offices in the state with the YCP flag colours.

Very unfortunately, the National flag colours are erased and YCP flag colours are used in its place. Naidu wondered how Jagan Reddy uses people’s money to paint his party colours on panchayat offices all over the state. Naidu lost his cool and told YCP leaders to paint their faces with their party colours instead of doing that to government offices. The ruling party leaders may go around with their painted faces if they are so madly in love with their party.

The TDP boss said that he played a crucial role in convincing Vajpayee to make APJ Abdul Kalam as the President of India because Kalam was an inspiring scientist and a selfless servant of India. But YCP Regime dared to remove Kalam name from AP students Pratibha Puraskar awards.

TDP boss N Chandrababu Naidu said that five construction workers would not have committed suicide if CM Jaganmohan Reddy changed his sand policy. The so-called sand shortage and skyrocketing prices are nothing but the gimmicks of the ruling YCP leaders. Naidu said that the online sand sales are all part of ‘Jagannatakam’ that is going on in Andhra Pradesh. These comments are maid amid allegations that YCP leaders are selling sand in in black market and also transporting AP sand to neighbouring state capitals for quick money.

Naidu further said that CM Jagan doesn’t know ABCD of irrigation sector. It is not true that the floods in the rivers have caused sand shortage. It is only because of ‘Jaganmaya’ (tactics) that the sand crisis has deepened in the state leading to slump in construction sector.

Amid increasing suicides, Jagan held a review meeting with revenue and police officials. He reminded that he had already instructed the District Collectors and SPs to closely monitor sand mining to take action against illegal transportation. Jagan also directed the officials to conduct a ‘sand week’ to solve sand shortage and boost construction activity to create works for construction workers.

All of a sudden, TDP boss Chandrababu Naidu called and held special talks with Addanki MLA Gottipati Ravikumar in the party headquarters. This has raised lot of curiosity in political circles. Is Gottipati the next target of CM Jaganmohan Reddy in his current mission to strip TDP of its opposition party status? Already, Gannavaram MLA Vallabhaneni Vamsi resigned from the TDP following harassment by the police and the local YCP leaders.

Gottipati Ravikumar and his family members have got business interests in granite mining. Recently, the Jagan Reddy government turned its focus on this. The vigilance department officials have conducted enquiries on the granite quarries and its allied polishing industries. They have also submitted a report to the government. It’s expected that serious action will be taken against the quarries belonging to TDP MLA if he doesn’t surrender to the YCP.

There is also caste angle to all this. CM Jagan has given indirect orders to the Ministers and MLAs to identify and cancel approvals of the mines and other units belonging to one particular caste persons. It’s because this caste is inseparably associated with the TDP. Just like in the case of Vamsi, Jagan is going to achieve his dual goals of casteist and political harassment against Gottipati as well.

These days, the biggest questions before YCP Regime are how to divert public attention from its government’s failures on sand, liquor, Capital and failure to deliver on Navaratnalu promises. CM Jaganmohan Reddy is also of the opinion that his government’s image has dipped to a considerable low in just five months. Against this backdrop, his advisers suggested a new strategy. This is to strip TDP boss Chandrababu Naidu of his opposition leader status.

If six MLAs resign from the TDP, it will eventually lead to Naidu losing his status. Then, he is just like any other MLA in the Assembly without special facilities or privileges. In a state Assembly, 10 per cent of total MLA seats is necessary to get opposition status. In the AP Assembly having 175 MLA seats, it will require 18 MLA seats for getting the Opposition party status. The TDP won 23 MLA seats in 2019 general election.

Already, Gannavaram MLA Vallabhaneni Vamsi has announced his resignation from MLA seat. Now, the ruling YCP leaders are on the hunt to find another five TDP MLAs who have weaknesses. The same strategy would be used against them as in the case of Vamsi. The local police and official machinery will be used to harass these MLAs till they resign from their MLA seats. Once by-elections are held, that will be another chance for YCP to prove its strength once again.

Yet another construction worker committed suicide in Guntur unable to find work to feed his family. Plumber Polepalli Venkatesh has not been able to find work for the past five months because of huge sand scarcity that brought construction works to a standstill. Before taking his own life, he took a selfie video. He expressed lot of sadness over his inefficiency to go and find work outside of construction industry. Venkatesh made an emotional appeal to his elder brother and his wife to take care of his son. He asked his wife not to remember him long and get re-married again to lead a happy life.

Forwarding this suicide video, Ex CM Chandrababu Naidu made a strong appeal to the Jaganmohan Reddy government to wake up and create job opportunities for the poor workers. Naidu demanded that the government pay immediate compensation to all those workers who are without work and who cannot earn livelihood for their families.
The worker’s suicide started a big debate in social media. The ruling YCP is giving floods in Krishna river as a reason for sand shortage. But the same problem is there in Telangana, Karnataka and so on but there is no big crisis in those states. There are allegations that an online sand mafia is reason for huge sand shortage and its skyrocketing prices.

అయిదు నెలలుగా పనులు లేక, కుటుంబాలు పస్తులు ఉండడం చూడలేక మనోవేదనతో కార్మికులు ఆత్మహత్యలు చేసుకోవడం మనసును కలచివేస్తోంది. సెల్ఫీ వీడియోలతో ఆత్మహత్యలే తమకిక శరణ్యంగా పేర్కొనడం చూసైనా ఈ ప్రభుత్వం మేల్కొనాలి.పనులు కోల్పోయిన కార్మికులకు పరిహారం చెల్లించాలి. pic.twitter.com/NhQAYHFQF1

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