TDP fooled voters: APCC

Releases a 10-page ‘Fact Sheet’ on AP government’s failures

Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) on Monday released a 10-page ‘Fact Sheet’ and vowed to nail the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) government for its failure to implement the electoral promises it had made before the elections.

Speaking about the 100 days of rule by AP Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, APCC president N Raghuveera Reddy said the Congress party would not keep quiet, if the TDP government continued to dilly-dally on the poll promises, particularly the farm and Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA) loan waiver.

Naidu, he said, had taken people of the State for a ride. Reddy said when Naidu assumed office as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh in Guntur on June 8, he had made grandiose announcement to implement five of the key poll promises, but had fooled the voters.

Reddy said Naidu had promised to sign the first file on loan waiver. Three months down the line, no concrete steps have been taken, he said.

Similarly, the Self Help Group (SHG) members and weavers were in distress as the banks refused to give fresh loans till the old ones were repaid. He accused that the promise of one job for every family was an utter misconception as the model ryots, field assistants, fair price shop dealers, midday meal scheme cooks and outsourcing of employees in various departments were terminated.

The Congress chief said TDP was indulging in unethical politics by encouraging defections and went to the extent of issuing diktat that officialdom should listen only to the TDP leaders. He ridiculed the White Papers released by the Chief Minister in recent times saying that they were all factually incorrect and motivated.

The Congress leaders said all political parties in Andhra Pradesh should take equal responsibility for bifurcation of the State.

Senior AP Congress leaders and former Union Minister K Chiranjeevi, Rajya Sabha member K V P Ramachandra Rao, former Ministers Anam Ramanarayana Reddy, Md Syed Ahmedullah and C Ramachandraiah and APCC chief spokesperson R Padmaraju were present.