Andhra Pradesh is the only State without a capital, even after ten years of its formation, says Chandrababu Naidu
The Hindu
Nara Chandrababu Naidu criticizes Jagan Mohan Reddy's governance, vows to develop Andhra Pradesh with support from all.
Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu observed that even after completing a decade since bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh in 2014, people of the State do not have a capital city.
While addressing the Assembly on Tuesday during a discussion on the motion of thanks to the Governor’s speech, Mr. Naidu said that former Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s misrule and policy reversal caused irreparable damage to the State.
At the same time, Mr. Naidu said that with the support of all the Ministers and MLAs and people, Andhra Pradesh could be developed as the leading State in the country. He alleged that not just Amaravati, but the Polavaram irrigation project was also neglected in the last five years, adding that the former Chief Minister had intentionally changed the contractors, delaying construction.
Mr. Naidu thanked the Central government for extending support to both Polavaram and Amaravati projects in the Union Budget announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. He said that the irrigation system was in tatters due to non-maintenance of the projects in the State.
“Thanks to the State-sponsored revenge politics by Mr. Jagan, investments dwindled in the last five years,” the Chief Minister alleged. He lamented that the crime rate had shot up during the regime of YSRCP, and said the YSRCP president was away in Delhi on the pretext of staging a protest as he was “scared of coming to the Assembly”.
Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan said that Governor Syed Abdul Nazeer’s address to the joint session of the Legislature provided a roadmap to the State government for the development and welfare of Andhra Pradesh. He said Mr. Naidu’s efforts to build Amaravati capital city between 2014 and 2019 and develop the State will now get further impetus.
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“We are organising a health research convention, which comprises a couple of workshops, community-based learning, and also cardiac care. We also included a one-day seminar on medical education, how medical education has evolved in India and the U.K., and what we can learn from each other” said Dr. Piruthivi Sukumar Dean of the International Faculty of Medicine & Health, University of Leeds during his interaction with The Hindu.