Visakhapatnam: Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s contradictory statements over the financial status of Andhra Pradesh reflect how he is “deceiving the people of the state”, said YSR Congress senior leader Dharmana Prasada Rao.
Speaking to mediapersons at the party officer here on on Saturday, Mr Rao said, “On the one hand, Mr Naidu claims that the state was staring at a revenue deficit of about Rs 18,000 crore. At the same time, he maintains that Andhra Pradesh is the only state registering double digit GDP growth in the country,” he said.
“How a state can have a revenue shortfall when its economy is on a higher growth path?” the YSRC leader questioned.
“The ruling party has lost its vision and deviated from its promises such as securing special category status. Now, the responsibility lies with the YSRC to question the government and hold it accountable to the public,” Mr Prasada Rao said.
Mr Prasada Rao said Union minister M. Venkaiah Naidu had that the Special Category Status was beneficial. Right from 2014, the YSRC has been fighting for SCS.
“To take all these failures of the government to the public, YSRC chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy would address a mega public meeting in Visakhapatnam on November 6 in the name of ‘Jai Andhra Pradesh’,” Mr Rao said.
YSR Congress district president Gudivada Amar, K. Prasad Reddy, T. Vijay Kumar, T. Gurumurthy Reddy, K. Guruvulu and others were present on the occasion.
