Jagan govt looted Rs 2,000cr welfare fund: TDP Lokesh

Gannavaram (Krishna dist) Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy’s obsession for money has driven 40 lakh construction workers onto the roads and for accumulating illegal assets by ruining the lives of lakhs of workers, observed Nara Lokesh, TDP national general secretary on Wednesday.

The Jagan Government has looted the welfare fund of the construction workers amounting to a whopping Rs 2,000 crore, he said while interacting with trade union and builders representatives at the SM Convention Hall in Chinna Avutapalli of Gannavaram Assembly segment in the combined Krishna district during his Yuva Galam pada yatra on Wednesday.

The representatives expressed serious concern that the construction sector suffered maximum damage in the past four years due to the faulty policies of the State Government. Informing Lokesh that several builders, agents and workers have migrated to Hyderabad in the recent past, they said from Vijayawada alone over one lakh construction workers have moved to Telangana in search of livelihood. The representatives made an appeal to Lokesh to revive the sector once the TDP is back in the government.

Assuring them that the revised taxes will be brought down by the coming TDP regime, Lokesh told them that a better policy on sand will also be formulated to strengthen the building industry.

“The policy of the TDP is to provide maximum benefits and subsidies to sectors that create maximum possible employment opportunities,” he added. Lokesh expressed confidence that the construction industry will certainly get the past glory once TDP forms the government

in 2024.