AP CM terms TDP party of scamsters

I don’t have the support of the media, foster-son or gang of thieves. Plundering the State is not my policy. Don’t be tempted by the offers of shallow promises by the opposition. Your vote for YSRCP will retain the pro-poor government - Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, CM, AP

Coming down heavily on the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday said the next Assembly elections will be a war between a party led by scamsters and the good governance provided by the YSR Congress Party.

He was addressing a public meeting after releasing Rs 275.93 crore towards the fifth tranche of YSR Vahana Mithra benefiting 2,75,931 auto, taxi, maxi cab drivers and MDU operators. The amount, benefiting Rs 10,000 each, is being credited into their bank accounts. In his speech, he likened the 2024 elections to the Kurukshetra War.

Referring to cases booked against TDP national president N Chandrababu Naidu and other TDP leaders and government officials for their alleged involvement in the skill development, Amaravati inner ring road alignment and AP fiber grid scams, he said “It is a war between the YSRCP Government that has been implementing welfare schemes without any bias and the Opposition that orchestrated the skill development scam, inner ring road scam, fiber grid scam and assigned land scam during its rule. It is a war between the government that gave 30,76,000 house-site pattas to the weaker sections and TDP which opposed it and moved the courts citing demographic imbalance, a war between the pro-poor government and the capitalists and the war between the ruling party that wants the welfare schemes to continue and the Opposition that wants to cheat the people after the elections.”

Affirming that 80 per cent of the DBT welfare amount was received by the SC, BC, ST and minority communities, he said that 83 per cent of the government jobs also went to them.

While the TDP leaders looted the public money through scams and cheated all sections of society, the present government has taken the administration to the doorsteps of the people delivering the welfare benefits in transparency through the dedicated volunteer system and the village and ward secretariats, the Chief Minister said and asked the people not to fall prey to the misinformation of the TDP and its friendly media.

“I don’t have the support of the media, foster-son or gang of thieves. Plundering the State is not my policy. Don’t be tempted by the offers of shallow promises by the opposition. Your vote for YSRCP will retain the pro-poor government,” he said, adding that he has solely depended on God and people’s support. Reddy called upon the people to become his soldiers and bring YSRCP to power again if they believed they benefited from the welfare policies of the government.

Earlier, the Chief Minister asked the beneficiaries of Vahana Mitra scheme, to take fitness certificates for vehicles and pay insurance on time to ensure safety of their passengers as the financial assistance is intended for that particular purpose.

The government has so far spent Rs 1,301 crore under YSR Vahana Mithra providing a financial assistance of Rs 50,000 to each of the beneficiaries. He said that the government, representing the voice of the voiceless, has so far spent a whopping Rs 2,35,000 crore through transparent DBT schemes for the welfare of weaker sections while the previous TDP Government pursued the policy of plunder, stash and devour and cheated all sections of society.