Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national spokesman K. Pattabhi Ram said the State government owed a staggering ₹30,000 crore to contractors who executed various projects, and was writing to some of the contractors close to YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leaders with ‘guarantees’ that they would be paid on certain dates in the future notwithstanding the likelihood of a regime change in about four months.
Addressing reporters at the State party office on Sunday, Mr. Pattabhi Ram said several contractors suspended their works due to the pendency of bills, but Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy was unmoved by their plight and the resultant adverse impact on development, which was desperately needed post-bifurcation.
The hapless contractors took to the streets, but to no avail and some of them even ended their lives due to the financial mess into which they were pushed.
