TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu on Friday said that Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy was thinking about early Assembly elections due to the financial crisis in Andhra Pradesh.
Mr. Naidu was speaking after undertaking a 12-km padayatra from Iragavaram to Tanuku town as part of the ‘Rythu Poru Bata’ on Friday.
Addressing a gathering here, Mr. Naidu said, “Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy is abusing me verbally. He is preparing for early Assembly elections due to the financial crisis in the State that is steeped in a debt of ₹10 lakh crore.”
“The Chief Minister is accusing me of not spending on welfare. The TDP has the history of creating wealth, which is a must to increase income. Only then anyone can afford to spend on welfare,” he observed.
Referring to Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s “class war” remark, Mr. Naidu said, “Being the richest Chief Minister in India, you (Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy) cannot be a representative of the poor. We are waging the war against corruption.”
Mr. Naidu said he would adopt the ‘P4 formula’ if voted to power in 2024.
“Earlier, my formula of Public Private Partnership (PPP) was adopted across the country. Now, I would like to propose the P4 formula — People, Prabhutwam (government), Private, Partnership. This has the potential to uplift the poor,” he said.
Alleging that Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy had made a mess of the Polavaram irrigation project, Mr. Naidu said, “Nobody knows when the Polavaram project will be commissioned. The linking of the Godavari and the Krishna has been completed. The linking of other rivers, including Vamsadhara and Penna, would have been completed had the TDP come to power again in 2019.”
Giving an ultimatum to Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy to pay compensation to the farmers who suffered crop loss due to rains within one week, Mr. Naidu said, “If need be, Chalo Tadepalli will be planned if the government chooses to remain silent on our demand.”
TDP State president K. Atchnnaidu and other senior leaders accompanied Mr. Naidu during the ‘Rythu Poru Bata’.
