'Why is Chandrababu silent on Rs 5 lakh crore?'

TDP government has failed to come to terms with reality in its two-month long governance and the Chief Minister has been very ambiguous in his statements, which have been benefitting his coterie, while his core poll promises still remain a mirage, YSR Congress has said.

“The Chief Minister stating that he has surpassed the expectations of the public after he took over the reins of the state, is only to deceive the people and his frequent hints about the capital city is only to create a boom in a particular region to benefit his coterie,” party spokesperson Ambati Rambabu told reporters here on Saturday.

He has signed five files starting with the loan waiver of farmers and DWACRA women groups but not a single scheme was implemented. What he has done during his two month term is that he dropped strong hints that the capital would likely to be between Vijayawada-Guntur even as the Central Committee was yet to give its decision on the capital.

“This was done only to benefit his close corporate circle that has purchased land and created a boom. He needs to explain to the people as to why did he drop such hints even before the Central Committee began the capital search exercise. He has been demanding Rs 5 lakh crores for building a new capital and why he is silent and not mounting pressure on the Centre to release the amount,” he said.

Chandrababu Naidu has been very incoherent when he says that the offices will function from Vijayawada while he announces that he will stay put in Hyderabad for ten years. His statements on loan waiver are also very confusing and not a single farmer has been benefitted.

The Chief Minister has misused the official machinery to settle political scores on one hand and helped his close associates on the other during the past two months but he has never taken steps to fulfill the poll promises.

With drought staring at the state, Chandrababu Naidu has to come to terms with reality and conduct himself to fulfill his poll promises, he said.

On the by-elections due in the state, he said, it is not clear as what the reason was for not including the constituencies in the list.