Union Budget | YSRCP slams Chandrababu Naidu for poor allocations

The main opposition party said Andhra CM's tweet on the Budget is unmindful of the variation vis-à-vis Bihar which has a fewer number of seats.

Hyderabad: YSRCP has slammed chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu for not mounting pressure on the Centre to get more sops to Andhra Pradesh in the Union Budget and let go the advantage to Bihar.

Speaking to media in Kurnool on Saturday, former Andhra Pradesh finance minister Buggana Rajendranath said, Chandrababu Naidu’s tweet on the budget is unmindful of the variation vis-à-vis Bihar which has a fewer number of seats.

Though the Union Budget outlay has crossed Rs 50 lakh crore for the first time, Naidu should explain why Bihar with 12 MPs could get more sops and TDP with 16 MPS lagged behind. The same mistake on Polavaram is being repeated on the dam height. It was mentioned in the budget that the revised cost is for completion which puts the state at a disadvantage and repeat of 2017 mistake, he said. Chandrababu Naidu has again flawed on the Polavaram project issue, he said.

While Bihar could get infrastructure, institutions, airports and projects, why was no pressure mounted to get more sops to the state. There are four ports in state and no allocations were made for further development, he said adding that the remark of Chandrababu Naidu on the decrease of per capita income will scare the industrialists who would be willing to invest in the state.

The coalition government should put pressure on getting more projects and aid, as the MPs from the state matter for the Centre in this term than in 2019-2024 where BJP had strength on its own.
YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has planned to bring in 17 medical colleges in phases and five were completed. Now the Centre is harping on medical education and we stand to lose the number of medical seats with the coalition government not taking forward the initiative. By forfeiting or not taking forward the medical colleges, the coalition government is depriving of medical college seats to the weaker sections/

When YS Jagan Mohan Reddy had brought in reforms in education sector and digitalized education by distributing tabs, TDP has objected and now the same policy is reflected in the budget which shows that our leader was ahead of times, he said.

The union budget has a reflection of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy government’s priorities like in education, medical and agriculture sectors, he said.

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