‘Chandrababu using Govt officials to quell Cash for Vote fires’

Criticising the TDP government for its anti-farmer policies, the YSR Congress has said that Chandrababu Naidu has been misusing official machinery to settle scores with the neighbouring Telangana state.“The Chief Minister has been misusing the officials for his personal and political gains in the Telangana state where his party is involved in the cash for vote scam,” party deputy floor leader Jyothula Nehru told reporters on Monday.The Chief Minister has been stooping to the lowest levels to wriggle out of the scam and is involving the AP Government officials in what is purely aparty affair. The DGP of Andhra Pradesh meeting the Governor for reportedly taking up the case of Mathaiah,one of the accused in the scam, is against the federal spirit, he said.“It is against the spirit of functional democracy to misuse official machinery for such a purpose and the money flow in politics has increased manifold ever since Chandrababu Naidu took over as President of TDP,” Nehru said.On the agriculture front, TDP is adopting anti-farmer policies and is burdening the farmers to fill its coffers by increasing water cess. The loans to farmers have drastically come down due to its faulty priorities of the government, he said.