TDP’s Money Transfer, An Election Trick: YSRCP

A large number of households in the state of Andhra Pradesh will receive amounts ranging between Rs 8,000 and Rs 70,000 in their bank accounts. The money will be sent to them as beneficiaries of various schemes. Some observers have said that this kind of a dole will be an important factor ahead of the day of polling.

The Election commission has said that direct money transfers to beneficiaries of schemes are already kept in place and these transfers will not come under the violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).

The estimated number of beneficiaries for the monthly pensions are around 55 lakh, the Pasupu Kumkuma installment sees around 93 lakh beneficiaries, Fourth and fifth waiver of farmer loans, Yuvanestham sees over 4.5 lakh beneficiaries, Annadata Sukhibava sees around 51 lakh beneficiaries. Now, these small schemes will bring in a small fortune for these families just before the election day.

Ch Kutumba Rao, Andhra Pradesh Planning Board vice-chairman, told a leading local daily, “ Apart from monthly and yearly schemes, for farm loan waiver the fourth and fifth installment will be distributed to 32 lakh beneficiaries as the assembly has already passed the appropriation bill and budget provision has been made. We will make payments as per the fund’s position,” he said. “In all probability, we will pay the fourth and fifth installments of farm loan waiver in the first week of April.” He, however, does not see the April money transfer as a gamechanger. “People will vote for TDP because we have been working for the welfare of the people and development of the state,” he said.

YSRCP leader Vasireddy Padma said, “People know that money transfer is only an election trick. Farmers are not getting MSP for their produce and the rural economy died during Naidu’s rule.”

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