Telugu Desam Party national president N. Chandrababu Naidu on April 4 (Thursday) observed that the death of two beneficiaries of old-age pension in the State could have been avoided had the employees of the ward/village secretariats been deployed to disburse the financial assistance.
“Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy is trying to draw the attention of the voters and gain political mileage out of the deaths, and return to power in the State,” Mr. Naidu said while addressing the Praja Galam public meeting here.
“The services of more than 1.35 lakh staff in the village/ward secretariats could have been drafted for disbursal of social welfare pensions. Instead, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy, unmindful of the intense summer, has asked the beneficiaries to collect their pension amounts at the secretariats, which caused the two deaths,” Mr. Naidu said.
