BJP Andhra Pradesh Unit President Kanna Lakshminarayana came down heavily on Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy stating that he had lost control over the administration and the sand crisis and reverse tendering on Polavaram Irrigation Project ruined the state’s progress. Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, he said that the 100 days rule of Mr Reddy’s government was no different than the erstwhile Chandrababu Naidu headed TDP government. “The wrong sand policy and reverse tendering have crippled the progress of the state. The sand crisis has deprived livelihood of lakhs of construction workers as construction activities have come to a halt due to non-availability of sand” he said.
The erstwhile TDP government appointed party activists in the Janmabhoomi committees for their political mileage and now the YSRCP is toeing its line and appointing the party activists as village volunteers, he criticised. People thought that the new Chief Minister would order for an inquiry on the corrupt deeds of TDP leaders but nothing of that sort was happened, he said. “The YSRCP is going on the same way of TDP government”, he alleged. Mr Lakshminaryana said that people of the State felt that the YSRCP government is giving importance to ‘one particular religion’ and described it as detrimental to the society.
“The state government’s decision of ‘reverse tendering’ led to halting of the construction works of Polavaram project, being constructed across the river Godavari, he alleged. He said that the people did not vote for the YSRCP in 2014 election as they thought that Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy would extend patronage to the factionist. The Chief Minister has proved himself that the people’s opinion is correct, he said. The BJP president said that the Centre had extended Rs.1,800 crore for the disbursement for MGNREGA works but the State government did not disburse the same. He demanded the Chief Minister to take steps to resolve the sand crisis on a war footing. (UNI)
