Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has found fault with the decision of the opposition parties to boycott the inauguration of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The leader of YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) has stated that boycotting such an auspicious event is not in the true spirit of democracy.

In a tweet on Wednesday, he appealed to all political parties to attend the event and announced that his party would attend.

“Setting aside all political differences, I request that all political parties attend this glorious event. In the true spirit of democracy, my party will attend this historic event,” he wrote.

He congratulated the Prime Minister for dedicating the grand, majestic and spacious Parliament building to the nation. “Parliament, being the temple of democracy, reflects our nation’s soul and belongs to the people of our country and all the political parties,” he said.

Jagan Mohan Reddy’s tweet came hours after 19 opposition parties including Congress announced their decision to boycott the inauguration of the new Parliament building on May 28.

The opposition parties said that Prime Minister Modi’s decision to inaugurate it himself and completely sidelining President Droupadi insults the high office of the President and violates the letter and spirit of the Constitution.

Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy formally launched the Rs 5,156 crore Machilipatnam Port works at the sea on Monday. The construction of the port, with an initial cargo capacity of 35million tons, is scheduled to be completed in two years.

Addressing the public meeting after launching the port works, the Chief Minister said the capacity of the 4-berth deep water port would be increased to 116 million tons as the cargo traffic increases gradually.

The port is becoming a reality as the Government has completed land acquisition, finalized tender process and completed financial closure besides obtaining all permissions by resolving legal hurdles, he said.

Machilipatnam would soon become the care of address for trade and commerce and industrial growth as Telangana and Chhattisgarh also would make use of the port resulting in the growth of ancillary industries creating direct and indirect work for lakhs of people over a period of time, the Chief Minister said.

“In the next 24 months, you can see big ships anchoring in the Machilipatnam sea waters,” he said, thanking the farmers who had given land for the construction of the port.

The Chief Minister said that the Rs. 550 crore new medical college at Machilipatnam is getting ready and admissions would commence by August or September. It would cater to the medical and health needs of the people of Pedana, Avanigadda and Kaikaluru, he said.

He reminded the people that as per the promise given by him during his Pada Yatra, the Government has reduced the power tariff for imitation jewellery for encouraging the industry.

Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy went hammer and tongs against the TDP and Jana Sena stating that the two parties have no guts to contest all 175 seats independently but are trying to forge alliances for political survival. TDP will not get even second place in the next elections, he said.

Addressing a public meeting at Nizampatnam on Tuesday, the Chief Minister said that the TDP president Chandrababu Naidu only knows about backstabbing, political alliances, conspiracies and gimmicks while his foster son Pawan Kalyan dances to his tunes parroting the septuagenarian’s words and willing to make new political alliances and grant divorces at will, he said.

Describing the Jana Sena chief as a wholesale package star, he said the actor who was defeated in two constituencies is conducting stop-gap political meetings between his shooting schedules. Like the TDP chief, his foster son too has no guts to put up candidates in all 175 constituencies for his party, he further said.

TDP and Jana Sena have no political credibility at all as Chandrababu remembers SCs, STs, BCs and minorities only at the time of elections while Pawan Kalyan plays second fiddle to Naidu as part of their political match fixing, he said sarcastically. Aided by friendly media, they are waging a war against the people and not against Jagan, he said, appealing to the people to be wary of their cunning designs.

“The TDP chief never gets tired of claiming he made Prime Ministers and Presidents. But, when we think of his 14-year rule, not even a single welfare scheme comes to our mind. Instead, he is remembered only for his backstabbing and cheating nature,” the Chief Minister remarked.

“As Opposition leader, I built my house at Tadepalli and as Chief Minister, I am living there. But Chandrababu built his palace at Jubilee Hills in Hyderabad when he was in power and is now living there after losing the elections. His foster son is also not willing to stay in the State. What good will they do to the people except pursuing the policy of loot, stash and devour?” he asked, urging the people to mark the difference between YSRCP and the Opposition parties.

Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said the TDP Chief has been unleashing fake economists and constitutional experts to mislead the people through debates using his friendly media to create a false narrative.

Addressing a public meeting at Kavali on Friday, the Chief Minister said that some suspended chartered accountants are masquerading as economists and constitutional experts at the behest of Chandrababu Naidu and his foster son Pawan Kalyan and are participating in debates to spread false messages about the welfare programmes.

The fakes and Naidu-supported retired bureaucrats are campaigning over TV channels that investment on welfare schemes is sheer waste, he said, adding that their main aim is to defame the Government and mislead the people.

Two retired bureaucrats and foster son Pawan Kalyan are parroting Naidu’s words for taking the people for a ride once again, he said, adding that people should be cautious of Naidu’s cunning moves.

Naidu cheated every section of the society during his tenure as Chief Minister with the support of his foster son Pawan Kalyan and friendly media, he said, warning the people that he would rob the public money again if he comes to power pursuing the policy of loot, stash and devour which he followed in the past.

“If Naidu comes to power again, he will stop all welfare schemes and loot the public money as is his wont,” said the Chief Minister adding that his friendly media is aiding him in the same way as the demons helped Ravanasura.

While the Government spent over Rs. 2, 10,000crores for various welfare schemes in the last four years for elevating the status of the poor, jealous Naidu and his gang of robbers were suffering from heart-burn and using fakes to mislead the public.

Naidu, aided by foster son and friendly media, is unable to digest the Government’s decision to distribute house sites to the poor in the Zone 5, he said, adding that it is fighting a war unleashed by pro-Capitalists Naidu who wants to usurp power by hook or crook.

The poor can’t survive and they would be driven out if Naidu comes to power again, he said, asking the people not to believe his vicious campaign. “If you feel you have benefitted from the welfare schemes, you should become the YSRCP soldiers and teach a fitting lesson to Naidu and his foster son in the next elections,” he appealed to the people.

AP Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy formally launched the programme of de-notifying the ‘Dotted Lands’ from the prohibited list thereby benefiting 97, 471 farmer families across the State.

Addressing a public meeting on Friday after launching the programme, the Chief Minister said it would provide full rights to farmers owning 2, 06, 171 acres of dotted lands worth Rs. 20,000crores. He said the famers would now be able to sell and pledge these lands for their financial needs besides enjoying the other normal rights as landowners.

The initiative would permanently remove the dotted lands from the prohibited list of lands and restore full rights on farmers owing them, he said.

The Government’s initiative has permanently ended the dotted lands problems created during the British era wherein the then Government put dots in the Pattadar column to end the confusion on their status as either Government or private lands, he added.

He said the pro-farmer Government has been implementing several programmes for the welfare of farmers. Government has distributed 3 lakh acres as RoFR pattas to 1. 28 lakh tribal families by allotting two acres each, besides removing 35,000 of conditional patta lands from the list of prohibited lands thereby benefiting 22,000 farmer –families and distributing 31 lakh house site pattas to women, he added.

Permanently ending the land litigations across the State, the Government has also taken up resurvey of lands after 100 years by implementing the YSR Jagananna Saswatha Bhu Hakku and Bhu Raksha, said the Chief Minister, adding that the Government has provided 7, 92, 238 permanent title deeds to farmers in 2000 villages in the first phase. The second phase of the programme will be taken from next month, he said.

The Chief Minister sanctioned Rs. 35 crore for transforming the Kavali Tank into balancing reservoir, Rs. 20 crore for building the Sangam Barrage and Kavali link canal, Rs. 15 crore for widening the Kavali Trunk Road and Rs. 80 crore for providing infrastructure to Indiramma Colony 16th ward on par with Jagananna colony.

Andhra Pradesh State Scheduled Tribes (ST) Commission Chairman K Ravi Babu called on the Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy at the Tadepalli camp office on Thursday.

On the occasion, Ravi Babu submitted the annual report of the ST Commission to the Chief Minister. He was accompanied by the Commission members V Soma Sankar Naik, M Viseswararaju, K Ramu, Ch Murali, Tribal Welfare Director Murali and ST Commission Secretary Dr Gangadhar.

Later, the Chief Minister also launched a brochure with complete information about the commission, APSTC.in website related to ST Commission and AP ST Commission App.

The State SC Commission has created the AP ST Commission app for the first time in the country for the upliftment of the people and solving their problems.

Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy launched a toll-free grievance redressal helpline number 1902 as part of the ‘Jaganannaku Chebudam’ programme at the camp office here on Tuesday.

Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that the government’s intention is to identify a solution for the problems and the same being followed in the last four years of governance ’During my padayatra, I have heard the plight of several people, and around 90-95 percent of the problems are man-made and if the government is fair, there will be a solution to such problems’’, he said.

As a part of the initiatives, the State Government has launched the new outreach programme is an improvised version of the Spandana, which aims to proactively reach out to the people, get their grievances in a focused manner, and address them in a mission mode.

Right from District Collectors to the Commissioners to the secretaries, all the officials have been involved in this programme which focuses on resolving the people’s grievances on a priority basis, the Chief Minister said. For the effective implementation of the programme, Project Monitoring Units (PMUs) were established in Mandal, District, State level secretariats, and CMO. DGP, Chief Secretary, and CMO officials will review the PMUs timely for quick redressal of people’s grievances.

Elaborating further, the Chief Minister said that people can dial the CMO if they face difficulty in getting YSR Pension Kanuka and other benefits of welfare schemes or any delay in receiving YSR Aarogyasri services, any issues related to revenue records and others under Jagannannaku Chebudam.

Explaining the functioning of the program, he said that people can dial the toll-free number 1902 to register their grievances. Once a caller shares a grievance with the representative of the call center, a unique YSR (your service request) ID will be issued. Regular updates will be shared through SMS regarding the status of the application. People can also share their feedback about the redressal, he informed.

The Project Monitoring Unit is headed by the Collector and JC, in which a Special Deputy Collector is the convener, steps have been taken to examine the requests and complaints coming from all the government departments, also at the mandal level, and every grievance is examined and monitored.

AP Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy skipped the date that he had fixed earlier for his shifting to Visakhapatnam. While he had said that he would stay in Visakhapatnam from July this year, he announced on Wednesday that he would stay here from September this year.

This was his second jump on his own statements about shifting the executive capital to Visakhapatnam, as part of his three capitals plan. Though a case is pending in the Supreme Court over the capital Amaravati issue, Jagan Mohan Reddy had first talked about his shifting to Visakhapatnam at the investors meeting in Delhi some time in March.

He told the investors that he would soon be shifting to Visakhapatnam, the port city, which would be accessible and acceptable to all. Later, at the investors meeting in Visakhapatnam, Jagan Mohan Reddy told the investors and the general public that he would be shifting to the city soon and start working from Visakhapatnam.

However, later at a meeting of laying foundation stone for the Mulapadu port in March, Jagan Mohan Reddy said that he would shift lock, stock and barrel in July. He told the people in his public meeting that he would live in Visakhapatnam from July.

Within a month, Jagan Mohan Reddy, on Wednesday, while laying foundation stone for the Bhogapuram International Airport, said that he would start living in Visakhapatnam from September, this year. Perhaps, he is expecting that the Supreme Court would clear the hearing on the case by then.

Initially Jagan Mohan Reddy is understood to have been under the impression that the court would clear the Amaravati case in May-June so that he could shift to Visakhapatnam in July. However, things went in a different direction and the court is likely to post the next hearing to July.

Jagan Mohan Reddy is also expecting the Supreme Court to give him clearance to shift to Visakhapatnam and hence planned for September this year. It is to be seen whether he would stick to this month or would further postpone it.