The Nagarjuna Sagar high drama played by Chief Minister, Jagan Mohan Reddy, is only for his selfish ends, observed former MLA and senior TDP leader, Dhulipala Narendra Kumar, on Saturday.

Narendra Kumar told media persons at the party headquarters that the high drama played by Jagan at Nagarjuna Sagar is nothing but part of his political game. The Chief Minister, who never bothered about the injustice being done to the State in sharing of the Krishna river waters and at least did not write to the Centre on this, has woken up suddenly in the name of war against the injustice being done to the farmers, is nothing but cheating the farming community, he felt.

In the past four-and-half years Jagan has never taken up the matter and did not raise even his voice on the rights of the State on river water sharing, Narendra Kumar stated. Even when the farmers in the delta area came onto the roads to highlight their problems on crop damage due to lack of irrigation water and when the tail-end area farmers raised their voice, Jagan did not respond and was not worried to resolve their problems, he observed.

When the Chief Minister inaugurated the Varikapudisela lift irrigation scheme he never worried about the cotton crop getting dried up in Palnadu area due to lack of water supply, the TDP senior leader pointed out. It is nothing but bringing in differences among the Telugu people of both the States by raising the water dispute at the election time, Narendra felt.

Jagan should reply whether he is not trying to rekindle the regional hatred which has already dried up for his political gains, Narendra asked. During the TDP regime, Chandrababu Naidu has spent Rs 68,000 cr on irrigation sector while Jagan has spent a mere Rs 32,000 cr, he pointed out and asked if Jagan is really serious about the farmers welfare he would have spent at least more than what Chandrababu has spent on irrigation sector, the former MLA remarked.

Jagan has allocated very little amount for irrigation projects, Narenda Kumar said and stated that the State is now facing severe drought only because of the policies adopted by Jagan. It is really atrocious that when the farming community is in deep distress, the Chief Minister did not bother to extend any kind of assistance to them, the TDP senior leader stated.

TDP senior leader and chairman of Guntur’s Sangam Dairy Dhulipala Narendra alleged that the state government was foisting false cases against the Sangam Dairy and its employees. He said that the government was trying to close the dairy on flimsy grounds.

Speaking to media persons in Guntur on Saturday, Narendra said the Sangam Dairy had been serving the people and the farmers for several decades. The dairy had been giving good prices to the farmers for milk procurement and giving milk at cheaper prices to the customers, he said.

Referring to some disturbance at the Sangam Dairy office a couple of days ago, Narendra said that some farmers from West Godavari district have come to the company to ask for arrears. However, the government had sent some people to join these farmers and caused some law-and-order problems there.

However, the state government had filed several cases against the Sangam Dairy management and officials. He said that the government did not file any case against those who came there and created problems. They tried to destroy the Sangam Dairy properties, he said. However, the police filed cases against himself and 15 others of the Sangam Dairy, he said.

Narendra dared the State government and chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy to prove the charges against the Sangam Dairy. He said that Sangam Dairy is not the TDP and sought to advise the government to stop witch hunts.

Former MLA and senior TDP leader Dhulipalla Narendra blamed the Rajamahendravaram jail officials on the health of TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu.

Speaking to the media at Guntur on Saturday, Narendra said that the jail officials were even threatening the doctors of the Rajamahendravaram government general hospital. They were forcing the doctors to change the medical reports of Naidu, he alleged.

He said that the state government had appointed Ravi Kiran Reddy, a relative of finance minister Buggana Rajendranath, as jail’s DIG, days before Chandrababu Naidu was arrested. Similarly, Minister Adimulapu Suresh relative Babji was made director of the health department, he said.

With all these officials, the state government was playing with the health of Chandrababu Naidu. He said that the officials were tampering with the health records of Chandrababu Naidu in the jail.

He expressed concern over the health of the TDP chief and wanted an outsider to examine Chandrababu Naidu. He wanted the courts to send private doctors to check Chandrababu Naidu in the jail and give their report.

He recalled the letter of Chandrababu Naidu to the ACB court in Vijayawada wherein he expressed serious doubts over his security in the jail and his health condition.

Narendra demanded thorough enquiry into the health of Chandrababu Naidu. He criticised the government for forcing the doctors to change the records. He also alleged that some of the ruling party leaders were openly saying that Naidu will die in jail. This indicates the state government’s conspiracy against the TDP chief, he said.

The TDP former MLA appealed to the Union government to intervene and provide security to Chandrababu Naidu in the jail. He said that Naidu is one of the Z Plus security persons in the country and it would be the responsibility of the Central government to take care of his security.

Chief Minister, Jagan Mohan Reddy, has now brought the Skill Development project issue onto the screen only to divert the public attention from his involvement in the murder case of his uncle, Y S Vivekananda Reddy, observed former MLA and senior TDP leader, Dhulipala Narendra Kumar.

Talking to media persons, Dhulipala Narendra Kumar asked if at all if there are any irregularities or even corruption in the Skill Development project, why the Chief Minister has been keeping silent for the past four years. Is Jagan dare enough to include the Siemens company as an accused in the CID inquiry, he questioned the government.

Dhulipala Narendra expressed surprise as to why the Andhra Pradesh CID, which named the Design Tech company and its Managing Director as accused based on the forensic audit report, excluded the Siemens. Also, why the Indian head of the Siemens, Sumas Bose, is not being questioned, he asked.

Chief Minister, Jagan Mohan Reddy, should answer as to how 2.94 lakh youth were given training at grassroots and 65,000 youth were provided job opportunities if the whole project is filled with corruption as is being alleged, Narendra said.

The Chief Minister and his team who have been alleging that money was diverted into the accounts of the TDP leaders are not giving the details like the names of the TDP leaders into whose accounts the money was diverted and how much, he pointed out.

Observing that the internal affairs of the Siemens are being attributed to the TDP by the AP CID only as a vengeful attitude, Narendra felt that the CID is holding selective and biased investigation in the Skill Development project case. This is only aimed at subjecting some leaders to political harassment, he noted.

The murder case of Vivekananda Reddy is a classic example that Jagan will make anyone as a victim to safeguard his own skin, Narendra remarked.

Senior TDP leader Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar blamed chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy for the poor show of students in the SSC public examinations. He said that the state had seen the lowest pass percentage of students for the first time this year in the last ten years.

Calling TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu as visionary, the TDP leader said that every sector in the state saw progress and growth during Naidu’s regime. The state had seen the upward growth in the state and the students from AP have excelled during Naidu’s tenure.

However, the same students have failed in the SSC examination bringing down the pass percentage to the lowest of 67, which was never seen. He termed Jagan Mohan Reddy as a prisoner and asserted that the state was showing a downward growth during Jagan’s dispensation.

He said that Jagan Mohan Reddy could not show any progress in the public examinations of the students. He said that the chief minister had confused the students with the English medium and diverted the teachers from the classrooms with more non-teaching work.

Referring to the Covid 19 pandemic, the TDP leader said that several states have worked hard with new strategies to improve standards of education while Jagan ignored the factor. Because of Jagan’s ignorance, the students and parents were suffering now, he said.

Stating that several students of Class X were committing suicide across the state, he held Jagan Mohan Reddy responsible for those deaths. He also advised the chief minister to stop imposing English medium on the students and allow them to study in their mother tongue for better results at least in the coming academic year.

Telugu Desam Party former MLA D. Narendra Kumar has blamed Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy and his party leaders for ‘misusing and abusing’ all Government programmes in order to make easy and quick money by looting all resources of the State. The YCP leaders were allowed to collect far higher fee under the reimbursement scheme while many good managements were being ignored. Minister Audimulapu Suresh college was being paid Rs. 54,000 fee per student while other colleges in Prakasam district were given just Rs. 35,000.

Mr. Narendra Kumar said the situation was so pitiable that even ruling party sympathiser Mohan Babu had to approach the court on the issue of fee reimbursement following which GO 1516 was cancelled. On the one hand, Jagan Government was talking about a serious financial crisis and funds crunch. On the other hand, it was spending whopping amounts of public funds for the sake of sheer publicity.

The TDP leader said Andhra Pradesh has slipped into anarchy and lawlessness with the ruling party leaders twisting all rules and regulations to their advantage to amass illegal wealth while all other individuals and organisations were being harassed and demotivated. In the name of Navaratnalu, YCP unveiled a new kind of looting and plunder in an unchecked manner. New names were being given to old programmes and the funds allotted for them were being bagged by ruling party leaders in different ways.

Mr. Narendra Kumar said J-brands have become a major concern for poor people even as the ruling coterie was ripping apart all sections of people and all sectors of economy. While TDP increased pensions from Rs. 200 to Rs. 2,000 during its regime, YCP did not fulfill its promise to give Rs. 3,000. The eligible poor people were not getting pensions and benefits which were being lapped up by YCP leaders and their henchmen.

The former MLA said that TDP has deposited Rs. 15,000 in every farmer’s account during its rule but Jagan did not fulfill his promise to give Rs. 12,500 per farmer. The ruling party leaders were doing liquor business illegally thereby playing with the lives of people. Illegal liquor from Arunachal Pradesh was seized in the state which reflected the extent and reach of YCP mafia. People’s health was getting damaged. Ruling party leaders were brewing illicit liquor. High rates of liquor was making some people to take spirit at the cost of their lives.