Former MLA P. Vishnu Kumar Raju demanded that the State government release ₹21 crore funds which were supposed to be given to 86 IT companies as incentives.
Addressing a press conference in the city on October 23, the senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said that the incentives were supposed to be released by the government long back, but it didn’t. “Last time, when asked, IT Minister Gudivada Amarnath said that the government was not able to release due to MLC elections code. Later, the managements of various IT companies have brought the issue before senior leaders of YSRCP, but it was not resolved yet,” he said.
“Basically when a new IT company is inaugurated, CEOs and heads of various other companies in the city will be also invited to the event. But during the inaugural of Infosys in Visakhapatnam, directives were strictly given not to invite any management members of other IT Companies at the SEZ Rushikonda. Because the YSRCP leaders were frightened that the managements may question about the incentives,” he stated.
