NDA failed to deliver goods: DCC president Panabaka Krishnaiah

Nellore: During the past two years the NDA government has totally failed in its rule, said DCC president Panabaka Krishnaiah. Addressing a press briefing at Indira Bhavan on Thursday, he alleged that it was the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which had politically decided for the division of AP by raising the slogan 'One vote-two states'.

By strengthening the BJP the state division has become possible, he added. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised that he would provide over Rs 5 lakh crore more than that was announced by the Congress in the state reorganisation bill. Not only that, he had also promised that he would help construct a capital which is better than Delhi, he alleged.

As per the state BJP's election manifesto, then prime minister Manmohan Singh gave more assurances following BJP's pressure. The BJP had assured that the Centre would totally bear the state financial deficit completely. The BJP had also promised that it would implement special package to Rayalaseema and north Andhra but it failed to implement so.

So far, three budgets were introduced at the Centre, but AP had got only Rs 6,500 crore. During the past two years, the government failed to implement special status and there by the state had faced severe loss, he bemoaned.
The Centre failed to allot reasonable funds to the Polavaram project.

Though half of the term of Modi rule was completed, our state failed to get a railway zone or Dugarajapatnam, Chennai-Visakha industrial corridor, international airports at Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Tirupati remained a distant dream. There is no development in the country's economy.

The government had issued three ordinances amending the land acquisition act against the farmers. The railway charges were increased thrice during the BJP's rule. Though the petrol and diesel prices have come down at international markets, they are increasing day by day in India, he added. The BJP rule across the country was against the people.

He called upon the people to teach a befitting lesson to the BJP which failed to provide special status to AP and in the improper implementation of state reorganisation bill.