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Budgetary allocations, expenses at grassroots have no comparison, says Yanamala

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How development of the State is possible when the borrowed funds are diverted, asked former Finance minister and TDP politburo member, Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, here on Friday.

Talking to media persons at the party headquarters, Ramakrishnudu felt that there is absolutely no comparison between the budgetary allocations and the actual expenditure at the ground-level. The former Finance minister made it clear that the State stood in 19th position in the country in the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme which the Jagan Mohan Reddy Government boasts of.

Making it clear that there is nothing great in the 2023-24 budgetary proposals, Yanalama felt that even in the last fiscal too the State Government has not given any priority for welfare and development. Terming Chief Minister, Jagan Mohan Reddy, as a king worse than Nero, the TDP politburo member predicts that the State’s debt burden will cross Rs 11 lakh cr by that time the YSRCP Government is out.

“Ultimately, the people have to bear this debt burden and the interest to be paid. The budgetary proposals clearly indicate that the Jagan Government did not give any preference for development and welfare even in its last year of tenure,” Ramakriashnu observed.

He opined that the physical infrastructure in the State is hit badly as the State Government is projecting high allocation of budgetary estimates while in reality the expenditure is very limited. The academic and health sectors were totally destroyed during the YSRCP rule and the hospitals are not extending medical services to the poor as the bills are not being paid, he stated.

Since all the revenue generation sectors are badly affected and the investors are not willing to set up their units in the State, unemployment has gone up heavily, Yanamala felt. The State Government policies are the main reason for the farming, industrial and service sectors being affected very badly, the former Finance minister maintained.

“Compared to the TDP regime, the percentage of the manufacturing sector now is -4.5 while the percentage of the construction sector is -2.6,” he said, adding that the industrial and service sectors too are hot very badly after the YSRCP came to power.

Yanamala expressed surprise how new companies can start their units in the State when incentives are not being given to the existing companies.

Replying to media persons, Ramakrishnudu said that the results of the Legislative Council polls proved that Mr Jagan has done injustice to the State. “Jagan is totally dependent on money, politics and muscle power. The latest election results proved beyond doubt that these two will not work out,” Ramakrishnudu remarked.

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Jagan Govt has no respect for systems, says Yanamala

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TDP politburo member and leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council, Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, on Wednesday said that the Jagan Mohan Reddy Government does not have any respect for systems in the State.

Ramakrishnudu said that the State Government does not have respect even for Parliamentary system or even on the Constitution. Observing that the three capitals bill is totally against the Constitutional provisions, the Leader of Opposition in the Upper House said that the Cabinet Ministers give totally contradictory statements on the capital.

“One Minister says that Visakhapatnam is the capital while another Minister claims that the three capitals issue still in existence,” Yanamala remarked. The State Government is repeatedly committing blunders to cover up one mistake and the Ministers are behaving most irresponsibly, he observed.

Stating that the gap in the revenue and fiscal deficit have widened, the former Finance minister felt that the remarks made by officials that they faced fiscal problems in 2014 too are really surprising.

Ramakrishnudu asked as to why the State Government is silent though the TDP asked two to three times to come for an open debate on the State’s financial position. Can the State Government give a proper reply as to why more loans have been raised than presented in the budgetary estimates, Yanamala questioned the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO).

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Jagan turned into a comedy piece, says Yanamala

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Former Finance minister and TDP politburo member, Yanamala Ramakerishnudu, on Thursday pointed out that State Minister for Finance, Buggana Rajendranath, praised the union budgetary proposals submitted to Parliament on Wednesday, his party MP, Midhun Reddy, said that it is totally disappointing.

Yanamala expressed surprise as to why the 32 YSRCP MPs are silent on Special Category Status for the State and the negligence on Polavaram project. He is of the opinion that Jagan Mohan Reddy turned into a comedy Chief minister by making false claims that the State stood on top in GSDP by achieving 11.43 per cent growth.

Asking Jagan whether he knows what GSDP is, the former Finance minister said that the Chief Minister is moving in a totally different direction than the whole country. Why the average revenue has come down in the past four years, he said and stated that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) clearly exposed the Government’s failures.

Yanamala asked as to why the debt burden on the State has gone up to Rs 10 lakh cr in the past four years and why the State has fallen to 13th position in the country in foreign investments. Stating that the State achieved double digit growth during the TDP regime, he said that the State’s position has fallen to 13th and 19th after the YSRCP came to power.

Why an additional Rs 1.22 lakh cr was spent additionally in the past four years and what happened to the Rs 2 lakh cr off-budget borrowings, he asked. Whether any properties are created in the State with these funds, he questioned and felt that not even a single ongoing project was completed and even a single road was constructed.

How can the State compare itself with Kerala, he said and pointed out that Kerala is on top in the country in human resource development. Jagan could not answer the NITI Ayog and the Reserve NBank of India (RBI).

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Yanamala terms Jagan as a fraud who deceived youth

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Former Finance minister and TDP politburo member, Yanamala Ramakeshnudu, termed Chief Minister, Jagan Mohan Reddy, as a fraud who took the youth in the State for a ride.

Ramakrishnudu, in a press note released here felt that the ruling YSRCP is only making attempts to cover up the anger that is growing among the youth. The former Finance minister is of the opinion that if any obstructions are created for the ‘Yuva Galam’, the pada yatra of TDP general secretary, Nara Lokesh, it amounts to blocking the future of the youth in the State.

” Jagan Mohan Reddy has made several promises to the youth while in Opposition but after coming to power he totally forgot these assurances given to them. Even the welfare of the youth and their future was completely given a goby,” Yanamala observed.

Jagan did not stand by his promise that he would release a job calendar every year to fill the vacant posts in various government departments, he said and asked what happened to the assurance given to the unemployed that three lakh vacancies would be filled.

Ramakrishnudu said that the youth, particularly those from the SC, ST and Minority sections, lost employment opportunities after Jagan came to power.

Maintaining that the youth were getting employment opportunities during the Chandrababu Naidu regime through certain special schemes, he said that Jagan discontinued all such schemes soon after coming to power.

“The Chief Minister even deceived the youth by not fulfilling his promise made to them that he would pay unemployment allowance,” Yanamala said.

These are the reasons as to why Lokesh is undertaking his pada yatra in the name of ‘Yuva Galam’ through which he is planning to have first-hand information on the problems that the unemployed youth are facing, Ramakrishnudu said. But Jagan and his gang are hatching a conspiracy only to create hurdles to the pada yatra and the release of the GO No-1 is only part of this plot, he felt.

“As the issue of the GO No-1 is pending before the High Court, now Jagan is making efforts to create obstructions to the pada yatra through the Director General of Police (DGP). The letter from the DGP is only part of this game,” he stated.

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Lokesh pada yatra will instil confidence among youth, says Yanamala

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Former Finance minister and TDP politburo member, Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, on Thursday expressed confidence that the upcoming pada yatra of TDP general secretary, Nara Lokesh, ‘Yuva Galam’ will certainly instill confidence among the youth in the State.

Calling upon the people to actively take part in the pada yatra, Ramakrishnudu, in a press note released here said that the 4000-km-long pada yatra which is beginning on January 27 will continue for 400 days. The TDP senior leader is confident that the ‘Yuva Galam’, which will end the atrocious rule of the YSRCP, will certainly create history in the State.

“I am sure that the pada yatra will play a major role in bringing back the TDP to power,” Yanamala said, adding that all the sections of people in the State suffered heavily in the past three years during the YSRCP regime.

The youth have no employment opportunities in the State throwing their future into oblivion and Chief Minister, Jagan Mohan Reddy, who assured the unemployees a perfect job calendar while in Opposition, totally forgot his promise after coming to power, he said.

Even the unemployment allowance of Rs 3,000 per month extended during the TDP regime is also withdrawn deliberately as a vengeful attitude, Yanamala observed. Against this backdrop, the ‘Yuva Galam’ pada yatra will certainly bring back self-confidence among the youth and bring political awareness among them, he added.

The farmers too are unhappy as they are not getting the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for the farm products and not even a single industry was set up in the past three-and-half years in the State, Yanama remarked. Besides, those who have already set up their units in the State during the TDP rule, were chased out of the State by imposing ‘J’ tax on them, he noted.

The lifeline of the people of Andhra Pradesh, the Polavaram project, is deliberately neglected while the future of the capital, the Amaravathi, is now a big question, he said. There is absolutely no development in the State while North Andhra is being subjected to encroachments, the TDP politburo member said.

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Yanamala foresees 1983 scenario to be repeated in AP in 2024

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TDP politburo member and former Finance minister, Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, on Tuesday foresaw the 1983 scenario to be repeated in 2024 in the State.

Ramakrishnudu told media persons that when the State was passing through a deep crisis in 1983, the people reposed faith in the Telugu Desam Party and a similar situation is now prevailing in the State and thus the same situation will be repeated.

The criticism on the meeting of TDP supremo, Chandrababu Naidu, and Jana Sena chief, Pawan Kalyan, is a reflection of the insecurity in the YSRCP leadership and the cadre, Ramakrishnudu felt.

Pointing out that he has made a demand to Chief Minister, Jagan Mohan Reddy, several times to come for an open debate on the financial condition of the State, he said that the total debt burden on the State beginning 1956, when AP was formed, to 2014, was a mere Rs 2.56 lakh crore.

But in the three-year rule of Jagan Mohan Reddy, the debt burden reached to a whooping Rs 8.50 lakh cr and it will reach to Rs 11 lakh cr by that time Jagan demits office, the former Finance minister said.

Observing that several regional parties survived only for a few years, he said that it is only the TDP that has been winning the confidence of the people for the past 40 years. “I am really fortunate enough to be in the first Cabinet of the late NTR and since then I have been holding several posts both in the party and in the government,” Ramakrishnudu remarked.

It is only the TDP, as a regional party, that played a key role in national politics, he said, adding that the party has been continuously winning the confidence of the people for the past 40 years. The welfare schemes launched by NTR are certainly a weapon for the TDP and whether the party is in power or not it always stands by the people, he observed.

Only after the TDP came to power, pucca houses were built for the poor and several parties, till today, are following the footsteps of NTR about the implementation of the welfare programmes, Yanamala maintained.

“It was NTR, who introduced the pension scheme for the poor and also the janatha clothes scheme. Women got share in property only after NTR came to power,” he said.

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Yanamala makes fun of Jagan’s remarks on corruption

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Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council and TDP politburo member, Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, on Thursday made fun of the statements made by Chief Minister, Jagan Mohan Reddy, on corruption.

In an open letter to the public, Ramakrishnudu said that Jagan Mohan Reddy talking against corruption is like a vulture taking oath on non-vegetarian. “It is the biggest joke of the century that Jagan, who is on the top of the list of corrupt persons and who was in jail for 16 months whose name figured in 24 CBI and ED charge-sheets, asked his party leaders not to indulge in corruption,” Yanamala said.

Does this mean that the Chief Minister officially allowed his party leaders to mint money in the past 42 months, he asked and wanted Jagan to clarify on this. For the past three-and-half years, Jagan and his associates looted the State in sand, land, wine, mining and natural resources. “This kind of the Chief Minister is now alerting his party cadre not to indulge in corruption is totally ridiculous,” Ramakrishnudu added.

In his rule, Jagan turned Andhra Pradesh as the most corrupt-State and damaged the prestige of the State, he said and stated that now he started blackmailing his own Ministers, MPs and MLAs. The statement made by the Chief Minister a couple of days back that he will not tolerate corruption any longer clearly indicates that till now he officially allowed them to mint money, Yanamala observed.

The State occupied third position in the country for illegal mining and the sand, beach sand and bauxite mining in agency areas for the past three years is a classic example of this, he stated. The less said the better about the liquor mafia, he said and stated that Jagan and his associates made a whopping Rs 30,000 cr in liquor business and the Tadepalli Palace is filled with the money made out of land mafia.

In the name of making Visakhapatnam as capital, both Jagan and YSRCP MP, Vijayasai Reddy, illegally occupied lands worth over Rs 40,000 cr, Ramakrishnudu said. Even in the sale of properties belonging to the Visakha Steel, they minted huge money, he added.

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YSRCP indulging in large-scale irregularities in Council polls for Graduates constituencies: Yanamala

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Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council and former Finance minister, Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, on Sunday said that the YSRCP is indulging in large-scale irregularities in the Council election for the Graduates constituencies.

Yanamala Ramakrishnudu said that the enarmous abnormalities that were found in the draft voters list is a classic example of this. The same person’s name was registered two or three times while those who studied only 10th standard or Intermediate too are enrolled as voters, thus indulging in massive irregularies, Ramakrishnudu said.

Targets have been set for Ministers, MLAs and volunteers and thus even ineligible persons are enrolled as voters, the Leader of Opposition in the Council said and advised the officials not to fall victim to the manipulations of the YSRCP by joining hands with them. The officials should perform their duties as per the laid down norms to uphold the democratic values, Ramakrishnudu said and felt that the ruling party is adopting feudalistic attitude even in the polls in which only intellectuals take part.

He pointed out that nearly 10,000 ineligible voters have been enrolled in Srikakulam, Vizainagaram and Visakhpatnam Graduates constituency area while large number of such ineligible voters were enrolled in Kadapa, Anathapur, Kurnool, Prakasam, Nellore and Chittoor segment area. The ruling party is totally violating the guidelines of the Election Commission only to ensure the victory of their party candidates, he stated.

Ramakrishnudu made a fervent appeal to the Election Commission to immediately delete all these over 50,000 bogus votes and also see to it that the volunteers do not take part in the poll process.

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Yanamala calls for better industrial policy in AP

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Former Finance minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) politburo member, Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, on Tuesday said that the industrial sector, which is crucial for the development of the State, has been touching the rock bottom level in Andhra Pradesh for the past three-and-half years.

In an open letter to Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, the former minister said that the State is caught in a deep financial crisis with reverse growth, large-scale unemployment and no investments. When the industrial and service sectors witnessed tremendous growth during the TDP regime, they are now moving in reverse trend, he said.

At least investments worth over Rs 17 lakh cr moved out of the state, including the Kia affiliated units to Chennai and Hyderabad, Ramakrishnudu pointed out. Industrialists like Luloo, Franklin Templeton and others cancelled their agreements with the State Government while the Asian Pulp Paper Industry, which is likely to set up its unit in Prakasam district, withdrew investments, the TDP politburo member stated.

Asking what is the fate of the Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor, Ramakrishnudu said that the future of the YSR Jagananna Mega Industrial Hub is also in dilemma. These are only some examples wherein the investors have gone back and the State Government has taken back the lands allocated to these industrialists. The result of this is there is no employment generation and also the youth lost their job opportunities, he said.

Though a special team represented the State at the Davos conference there are no investments attracted from any industry, Ramakrishnudu said adding that there is no encouragement for the investors from the Backward Classes (BCs), Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). “When the TDP was in power, we tried our best to identify the economic growth engines and focussed on them following which the GSDP has gone up. But now it is moving in the reverse direction,” the former Finance minister said.

The average growth index was in double digit when Chandrababu Naidu was the chief minister but in the past three-and-half years it has been confined to single digit, he pointed out. The State has fallen to the 13th position in attracting foreign investments, Ramakrishnudu said, adding that this clearly shows the commitment of the ruling party towards the overall growth of the State.

The situation is so bad now that the people of the State can not even say which is their capital, Ramakrishnudu said and asked who will come forward to invest in such a State. He advised Jagan to examine all these issues and take some corrective measures to help the State move forward.

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Jagan devastated AP once run on progressive path, says Yanamala

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Former Finance minister and senior TDP leader, Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, on Sunday said that Chief Minister, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, totally ruined Andhra Pradesh, which was once run on a progressive path.

Yanamala Ramakrishnudu on Sunday said that Jagan Mohan Reddy is resorting to deceptive campaign and is bringing in religious and regional differences among the people of the State only to divert public attention from his failures. He has completely destroyed the State in these three-and-half years which was built with much hard work by visionary, Nara Chandrabbau Naidu.

Bringing to a halt the Polavaram project, which is the lifeline of the people of Andhra Pradesh, is the classic example of the atrocious rule of Jagan, Ramakrishnudu remarked. Observing that the people are eagerly waiting to bid goodbye to the YSRCP rule Yanamala said that whenever the elections are conducted it is certain that the YSRCP candidates will not get back even their deposits.

The TDP leader said that the farmers in the State are feeling insecure as the schemes like Zero Interest and Crop Loans are not being implemented properly forcing the farmers to go for private loans. Metres are being fixed for agricultural pump sets whiave become a heavy burden on the farmers, he felt.

Recalling that over 12 lakh farmers were extended farm loans during the TDP regime, Yanamala said that not even two lakh farmers are sanctioned loans now. Highest number of farmers suicides have been reported from the State and this speaks volumes about the assistance being extended to farming sector, he said in the press release.

Jagan has completely neglected the key sectors like education, medicare and farming, he said, adding that the Chief Minister is showing more interest in changing the names of the organisations than developing these sectors. Andhra Pradesh, which was in the fourth place in the National Health Index released by the NITI AAyog in 2017-18, has now fallen to the 10th place and major hospitals in the State are not honouring the Arogyasri cards, he pointed out.

Ramakrishnudu said that there is absolutely no truth in the campaign that the regions of the State will be developed with decentralisation. How Mr Jagan, who could not get even a single industry in the past three years, will develop the State as he is claiming, the former minister asked.

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Jagan should feel ashamed to talk about socialism, says Yanamala

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It is shameful that Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, who is a known factionist, is talking about socialism, said TDP politburo member and former minister, Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, on Friday.

Does socialism mean illegally occupying thousands of acres of assigned lands in Idipulapaya, Yanamala Ramakrishnudu asked in a press note released here. Building one place each in cities like Bengaluru, Yelhanka, Lotus Pond in Hyderabad, Tadepalle and Pulivendula mean socialism, Yanamala questioned.

It is really ironic that Jagan Mohan Reddy is revamping factionism which already had died a natural death, the TDP politburo member said. Jagan has no moral right to talk about socialism, he felt.

What is more ridiculous is Jagan talking about democracy and its values, Ramakrishnudu said adding that the whole world knows how democratic he is when he declared himself to be the permanent president of his own party, the YSRCP. The Ministers in his Cabinet are puppets in his hand and Mr Jagan is scared of going to the Secretariat, Ramakrishnudu observed.

How Jagan can talk about values when he has driven his own sister onto the roads and is defending the murderers of his own paternal uncle, he asked. The affidavit filed by his sister, Sunitha Reddy, before the CBI is evident enough that he is a cheat, the former minister added.

Are you not ashamed of filing false cases against the social media persons, he asked and said that it is the Chief Minister and his team who are using highly objectionable language against the political leaders.

Ramakrishnudu is of the opinion that Jagan Mohan Reddy has to pay a heavy price for all his misdeeds and the people will soon teach him a fitting lesson.

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AP will become Nigeria if Jagan wins 2024 polls, says Yanamala

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Former minister for Finance and senior TDP leader, Yanamla Ramakrishnudu is of the strong opinion that if Jagan Mohan Reddy continues as the Chief Minister of the State, Andhra Pradesh will soon turn into another Nigeria.

Ramakrishnudu said that in the past three-and-half years, Jagan Mohan Reddy totally devastated the State with no development in any corner. Several people who were in various kinds of professions lost their livelihood and he has pushed Andhra Pradesh into a serious crisis, Ramakrishnudu felt.

“If similar situation continues for some more time, the State will witness an unimaginable catastrophe,” he stated. With development coming to a standstill and the people bearing heavy financial burdens, it will not be a surprise if Andhra Pradesh turns into another Nigeria or Zimbabwe, Ramakrishnudu observed.

The latest Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report clearly indicated that the total debts of the State reached abnormal levels and the State capital touched an all-time low. The State revenue too has fallen to so low and the GSDP level too has fallen to single digit, he pointed out.

The total debts are not indicated in the budget thus taking the people for a ride, the former Finance minister said. The 15th Finance Commission has pulled up the State Government on these issues, he said adding that in the past three-and-half years the State government’s borrowings touched a whopping Rs 8 lakh crore following which the State has to pay over Rs 50,000 cr as interest alone, Ramakrishnudu maintained.

The former minister expressed serious concern that the interest amount may reach to Rs 1 lakh crore soon and asked when so much amount is paid as interest alone how development is possible. What is more dangerous is that a major share of the amount, almost 81 per cent, raised as loans is going as revenue expenditure, he stated.

Earlier investments in the State were very high following which employment was generated and job notifications too were issued thus increasing the State revenue, he recalled. Special incentives were also extended for women in the shape of Dwcra loans generating employment for them and SCs and BCs too were given loans to set up units. But now the situation is totally different and generating employment is a rare feature, Ramakrishnudu said.

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Jagan stifling Oppn voice, says Yanamala

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Former minister and Leader of Opposition in the State Legislative Council, Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, is of the opinion that the Jagan Mohan Reddy Government was trying to lower the prestige of the legislative bodies.

In a press release issued here on Friday, the senior TDP leader said that for both the ruling dispensation and for the Opposition parties, legislative bodies are like people’s courts. They are the platforms to discuss the problems being faced by the people and the style of the administration.

But the Jagan Mohan Reddy Government is only trying to bring down the importance of these legislative bodies, Yanamala Ramakrishnudu felt. Chief Minister, Jagan Mohan Reddy, is caught in a sort of fear psychosis as he feels that the Opposition will question his misdeeds and thus he miserably failed to conduct the proceedings of both the Houses, he added.

In the Constitutional framework it clearly indicated that it is the primary responsibility of the elected representatives to attend the legislative proceedings. But the Jagan Mohan Reddy Government is resorting to anti-democratic activities. The Assembly as well as the Council proceedings have not been conducted for more than 25 days in one year and last year both the Houses have met only for 15 days, which is far less than even the North-Eastern States, he pointed out.

The State Government has miserably failed in almost all the sectors, including both welfare and farming, he stated. The irrigation project works are moving on a snail’s pace while the condition of roads across the State are in a very poor condition.

The less said the better about the education sector and the people are facing various kinds of problems in the State, Ramakrishnudu felt. The session period of the legislative Houses has been cut short only to avoid facing the Opposition parties, he observed.

If any leader from the Opposition parties raises his or her voice, the State Government could not digest it and is trying to stifle their voices, the former minister maintained. The ruling party is forcibly bringing before the legislative Houses certain issues that are strongly opposed by both the Opposition parties and the common public, he noted.

Ramakrishnudu is of the opinion that the three-capital issue is being introduced in the House through backdoors though even the Supreme Court has found fault with it. Assembly is being convened only to get the bills passed but not to discuss the public issues, the senior TDP leader stated and demanded that the Opposition be allocated proper time to raise public issues.

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Jagan’s Govt resorting to economic violations, says TDP

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The Jagan Mohan Reddy Government has been resorting to economic violations, ever since it came to power, pushing the State into a deep financial crisis, alleged former finance minister and senior TDP leader, Yanamala Ramakrishnudu.

On the one side the ruling party is ignoring budgetary proposals and on the other defying the FRBM norms. The recent letter to the State by the Union Finance Secretary, Somanathan, amply reflects these facts, Ramakrishnudu said.

The Jagan Mohan Reddy Government, bypassed the Comprehensive Financial Management System (CFMS) and paid the bills through backdoors. In total contravention of the Treasury Code, the ruling dispensation paid the bills amounting to a whopping Rs 48,284.32 cr to their close associates.

The GO 80 was released only to defend itself from the violation of norms and its backdoor operations. There are no accounts for the Rs 1.04 lakh cr raised under ways and means and another Rs 31,000 cr overdraft (OD), Ramakrishnudu deplored.

The Rs 8,305 cr raised through liquor bonds and another Rs 25,000 cr loan are totally in violation of the laid down norms under Article 293 (3) of the Constitution. The YSRCP Government is on the top in the country in borrowing funds.

In the past three years, the Government has raised funds through OD for a total of 306 days, in 2019-20, 57 days, in 2020-21, for 103 days and 2021-22, for 146 days, he said. However, in contrast the TDP during its 5-year tenure has gone for OD only for 35 days, the former finance minister felt.

Going by this trend, by that time the Jagan Reddy Government term ends, the State will be in a total debt of 10,000 lakh cr. The State is pushed into a deep financial crisis due to the Jagan Reddy Government’s faulty economic policies and the total collapse of the system.

No employment creation and no investor is willing to set up industry in the State. Following this, the youth in utter confusion and disappointment and the unemployment rate has risen to 12 per cent now, Yanamala maintained.

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YSRCP throwing future of youth in AP into threat

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Former minister and TDP politburo member, Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, said that the future of youth under Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy is facing a serious threat.

Ramakrishnudu, in a press release here, said that Jagan Mohan Reddy, who came to power by making several promises to the youth, did nothing for them in the past three years. Employment to the youth in Andhra Pradesh has become a dream, he stated.

Recalling the assurance given by Jagan to the youth that soon after coming to power he would fill 2.3 lakh vacancies and release the job calendar every year, the senior TDP leader felt that no job calendar was released in the past three years thus cheating them.

The condition of the State in providing employment and creating job opportunities has become pathetic, he felt. As the industrial sector has not been recognised as a priority sector, the future of the youth is thrown in a dilemma, the TDP politburo member felt.

There is no proper action plan to fill the job vacancies and no investments in the State after Jagan Mohan Reddy came to power. In fact, industrialists are withdrawing their investments following which the unemployment rate has gone up following which indiscrimination has reached its peak, he stated.

Jagan Mohan Reddy, who came to power promising regularisation of the services of the contact employees, has in fact removed them from their jobs, throwing them onto the roads.

The unemployment allowance provided by the TDP regime for six lakh youth has been withdrawn by YSRCP doing great injustice to them, Ramakrishnudu said. SCs, STs and BCs lost complete confidence in the YSRCP rule as the benefits provided to them by the TDP government have been discontinued.

The special category status has been given a goby and mortgaged the demand to the Centre because of his criminal cases, Ramakrishnudu felt. The youth should realise these facts and should unite to fight for their rights, the TDP politburo member said.

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Jagan has no right to talk on corruption, says TDP

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Telugu Desam Party (TDP) politburo member Yanamala Ramakrishnudu on Thursday termed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy describing bribe taking as a crime as a joke of the century.

The TDP leader was reacting to Jagan Mohan Reddy’s remarks made after launching a mobile app for people to lodge complaint against officials demanding bribe.

The TDP leader expressed surprise that having looted all systems and sectors in the state, CM Jagan was now talking about rooting out corruption. Jagan Reddy plundered public property during his father YSR’s rule and started looting several times more after becoming CM himself.

The former minister asserted that Jagan has no moral right or standing to speak about corruption as he himself is accused number one in over 14 quid pro quo chargesheets. When official corruption should be considered a crime, then what about Jagan looting through quid pro quo deals? he asked.

Ramakrishnudu said that the so-called social justice that Jagan Reddy was boasting about was just lip service which had zero implementation in practice.

The TDP leader said Jagan Reddy has not done justice to any social group or community in the past three years.

Jagan had crushed poorer sections so much that AP stood in 20th place in the whole country in the multidimensional poverty index (MDPI) taken by the Oxford University. AP has climbed from 34 to 43rd place in economic imbalances, he said.

Ramakrishnudu dared the chief minister to explain why AP fell to 19th place in the country in direct benefit transfer (DBT). Amma Vodi was not being given to eligible families. As a result, their students were not getting admissions in colleges. He allege that Jagan has failed totally to provide educational opportunities to the weaker sections.

The TDP leader deplored that the National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 report by the Union education department has exposed how badly the AP education system has been harmed. The NAS report revealed AP’s failure to reach digital classes to 50 per cent children during the Coronavirus pandemic. Ninety per cent of children in Government schools belonged to the weaker sections and backward classes.

Ramakrishnudu said the future of children belonging to Dalits, Tribals and BCs was getting destroyed because of the anarchic policies. The earning and spending capacity of all sections of people in AP had fallen drastically in just three years.

The TDP leader asserted that while the per capita income stood in two digits in the TDP regime, it has come down to an alarming single digit of 1.03 per cent in the past three years. The GSDP growth rate, which was two digits in the Chandrababu rule, has slipped to negative growth of -2.58 per cent.

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2019-2020 Jagan’s Quid Pro Quo II period: Yanamala

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Senior TDP leader Yanamala Ramakrishnudu demanded a high-level investigation into the quid pro deals in Kakinada Special Economic Zone and Visakhapatnam Bay Park area. Yanamala alleged that Jagan and his team had acquired prime lands in Rushikonda worth Rs 300 crore in various benami deals.

After amassing huge wealth through illegal means by misusing the office of his father Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, Jagan is now back at what he is best – benami transactions and quid pro quo deals.

“According the CBI chargesheet, Jagan accepted Rs 1,172 crore from various investors as a bribe and in turn helped them get favours from the state government. The favours are mainly land, mining leases and licences for new industries. 2004-2009 can be called the Quid Pro Quo I period when Jagan had amassed massive wealth. 2019-2020 can be the Quid Pro Quo II period,” Yanamala alleged.

The CBI in its First Information Report (FIR) had named 73 firms and individuals in connection with the quid pro quo case, apart from Jagan as accused number oneand his financial advisor V Vijayasai Reddy as accused number two, Aurobindo Pharma (accused three) and Hetero (accused four), Yanamala reminded.

Aurobindo and Hetero groups were allotted more than 60 ha on lease at Rs 17.5lakh a ha in the green industrial park of APIIC at Jadcherla in Mahbubnagar without proper assessment of requirement of land, Yanamala recalled.

After acquiring lands in Kakinada SEZ through benami and quid pro quo transactions with Aurobindo Group, Jagan has now usurped the lands in Vishakapatnam Bay Park area by entering into quid pro quo deals with Hetero Group.

“During the TDP regime, we have developed an eco-tourism project and Bay Park on 76 acres of land in Rushikonda at a cost of Rs 120 crore. The land is now worth Rs 300 crore and has exchanged hands. The government is handing over around 9 acres of land which is worth Rs 225 crore. This is a benami transaction. The central government should order a high-level probe into the land deal,” Yanamala charged.

He stated that the TDP will bring the issue to the notice of the central government and demand a thorough investigation into the Vizag Bay Park area benami and quid pro quo deals.

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TDP decries delay in sending Capital Bills to Centre

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Former Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu has accused the Jaganmohan Reddy Government of running a feudalistic and unconstitutional regime in Andhra Pradesh in violation of the country’s federal-cum-unitary framework. He asked why AP Governor was not sending the ‘unlawful’ Decentralisation and Inclusive Development of All Regions Bill and the CRDA Repeal Bill to the Central Government as per Article 200 of the Constitution of India. Inordinate delay was being caused in such an important Constitutional issue. The TDP leader demanded clarification why a lot of delay was being caused in reinstatement of Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar as State Election Commission. The reinstatement should be done as per the orders of the AP High Court and the Supreme Court of India. As these violations created a Constitutional crisis, the Centre should interfere and settle the issues without further delay. The Constitution named India as a ‘Union of States’ while Andhra Pradesh became an exception as it was being run by a feudalist who was violating all federal and unitary norms.

Mr. Ramakrishnudu asserted that as the courts have already said, Article 243 (k) was violated in Andhra Pradesh. Hence, a dire necessity has arisen for the Central Government to invoke Articles 355, 256 and 257 to make sure the AP Government would be run in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of India. The TDP was not demanding Articles 356 and 360 for the President’s rule or financial emergency as of now. But, the Centre’s intervention was needed as the YSRCP Government’s 3 Capitals and CRDA Repeal Bills were grossly violating the AP Reorganisation Act 2014. The Two Bills indisputably came under the purview of the Reorganisation Act 2014 that was passed by the Central Government. It was not clear why the Centre was not interfering when these Bills were brought amid such gross violations. Though administrative, legislature and financial powers were demarcated between the Centre and the States, the Constitution gave key powers to the Centre under Articles 2, 3, 4, 200, 256, 257, 355, 356, 360, etc. Under these Articles, the Centre can interfere and bring back order in any State where the Constitutional violations crossed a tolerable limit.

Mr. Ramakrishnudu categorically said that the Governor should not sign on the two Bills without taking prior approval of the President as per Articles 200 and 201. Though the AP Government has the power to introduce these Bills, it cannot implement the same without the approval of the Central Government or the President. The Bills were in violation of AP Reorganisation Act 2014. So, the Governor has no option except to take prior approval of the President as per Article 200. It may be recalled the President signed on the Reorganisation Act 2014 on March 14 ‘for the reorganization of existing state of Andhra Pradesh and ‘for matters connected therewith’. The Section 5(2) Sub-Section (1) of Reorganisation Act has clearly mentioned the creation of ‘a Capital’ but not 3 Capitals. As part of this, Amaravati was identified and finalised as the new Capital City for AP in accordance with the Reorganisation Act. Hence, the Centre should interfere on the issue of the Two Bills just as it has suggested to the State Government not to go forward with the cancellation of PPAs of solar power companies. The question of violations of federal spirit would not arise as the Centre can interfere if a State Government crosses a line with regard to the Constitutional violations.

Mr. Ramakrishnudu said that the Constitution has laid down that none of the entities should cross their boundaries of authority but in Andhra Pradesh, this was being violated blatantly. Constitutional expert Prof. KP Mukherjee has clarified that India is federal in nature but unitary in soul. There is only one Constitution for the whole of India but there are not separate Constitutions for the States. Hence, the Centre should set things right in respect of the two unconstitutional Bills being pursued in AP now.

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‘Laughable’: Yanamala on Sajjala’s comments on Bills

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The YSRCP government’s multiple advisors are raising lots of questions on different public issues including the controversy-ridden two Bills relating to the Capital shifting. A latest question was asked by Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy, Chief Minister’s Advisor (Public Affairs), on whether the previous TDP regime took approval of the President of India or not for the construction of Amaravati. It has created a political storm. The Advisor was oblivious of the fact that Amaravati was identified and developed as per the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014, which was passed with the express consent and approval of the President at that time.

TDP former Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu reminded the Government’s Advisor once again of how the Central Government formed the Experts Committee that recommended Capital for residual Andhra Pradesh in the region of Amaravati which is located in between the two cities of Vijayawada and Guntur. Based on this Experts Committee’s recommendation alone, Amaravati was finalised as Capital. Hence, it would require again the signature of the President and the approval of the Central Government for shifting Capital from its present location.

Mr. Ramakrishnudu, also TDP Floor Leader in Council, said that the President’s signature was required for any law made by the State Government if it violated an Act already being implemented by the Centre. The Section 5 (2) and Sub Section (1) in the Reorganisation Act clearly mentioned development of ‘a Capital’ but not 3 or multiple Capitals for AP. Whereas, Section 6 led to appointment of the Experts Committee for identifying ‘a Capital’. The CM’s Advisors should keenly study all these laws and sections so as to get clarity. Only then, they would be able to give proper and constructive advice to the State government.

Asking the Advisors to follow the bifurcation Act carefully, the TDP ex Minister said the AP Capital issue was inseparably interlinked with the Parliament Act. The TDP was only strongly objecting to the attempts by the ruling YSRCP to bring a different law through the backdoor. The State would have to mandatorily take the President’s consent for any law that it was trying to make in violation of a previous law passed by the Parliament.

Mr. Ramakrishnudu asserted that the two Bills brought by YCP were pending with the Select Committee in the Legislative Council. The AP Government Advocate General has already informed this to the High Court of Andhra Pradesh. From this, it was clear that the YSRCP regime adopted dual standards by taking the two bills for approval of the Governor while it already told the Court that the bills in question were with the Select Committee. This was nothing but proof of the AP government’s yet another irresponsible action in contempt of the High Court.

The TDP leader slammed the AP government for ‘violating’ the Constitution and democratic traditions by adamantly ignoring the laws approved by the President. Considering the rising public opinion against the government’s actions, the YSRCP rule should at least start respecting the President, Courts and the Parliament. It should say goodbye to its unilateral and unlawful activities with regard to the Capital issue and behave in a constructive way.

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Refer 3 Capitals and CRDA Bills to Prez, Yanamala plea to AP Governor

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Former Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu has appealed to Governor Biswabhushan Harichandan to send the 3 Capitals and CRDA Bills being pursued by the AP Government for the consideration of the President of India.

He said that the Governor may take the opinion of the Attorney General of India (AGI) before taking a decision as the 3 Capitals bill (AP Decentralisation and Inclusive Development of All Regions Act, 2020) and the CRDA bill (AP Capital Region Development Authority Repeal Act, 2020) were in violation of a Parliament Act and the Constitution of India.

Mr. Ramakrishnudu wrote a letter to the Governor, saying that the YSRCP Government was reportedly intending to send the twin bills for his assent (Governor’s) on the supposition that the Legislative Council did not approve the same in 30 days as per Article 197(1) and 197(2) of the Constitution. Whereas, the fact was that the Council did not even introduce the bills for discussion because they were pending with the Select Committee. Moreover, the matter regarding Amaravati capital city was also pending with the High Court of Andhra Pradesh and therefore it was sub judice.

Stating that any deviation at this juncture would be in violation of the Constitution, Mr. Ramakrishnudu said that as per Section 5 (2) of the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014, enacted by the Government of India, Hyderabad shall be the capital of Telangana and there shall be a new capital for Andhra Pradesh. Further, as per the Section 6 of the Reorganisation Act, the Government of India constituted an expert committee for the study of various alternatives regarding the new capital and accordingly, Amaravati was finalized.

The TDP leader told the Governor that as per the Reorganisation Act, the Central Government shall facilitate the creation of a new capital for the successor State of Andhra Pradesh and, if considered necessary, by notifying degraded forest land. Therefore, the mandate was clear that the State of Andhra Pradesh is to have one capital and not more than that. Even according to the other enactments and the Constitution of India, a Capital city gives no other meaning other than the meaning of One Capital. Hence, the bills introduced by the present YSRCP-led Government come in conflict with the Reorganisation Act enacted by the Parliament in 2014.

Mr. Ramakrishnudu said that the Governor was under obligation to abide by the Constitution of the country and the law of the land to send the bills to the President. The YSRCP regime was making all attempts to ruin Amaravati and replace it with three capital cities. For this purpose, the bills were introduced and passed in the AP Legislative Assembly during the sessions held in January 2020. But the AP Legislative Council did not pass the bills and referred the same for Select Committees as per the ruling of the Chair.

The TDP leader said that the ruling party, with a mala fide agenda, tried to reintroduce the two bills in the Council during the June 2020 budget sessions by using muscle power. However, the Council did not introduce the bills since they were pending with the Select Committee. The question of Council rejecting the bills does not arise.

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