Ex-Andhra Pradesh CM Naidu meets distraught farmers in West Godavari district

West Godavari (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 12 (ANI): Former Andhra Pradesh CM and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief, Chandrababu Naidu participated in the Padyatra and met distraught farmers in the Iragavaram village of the West Godavari district.

The former Andhra Pradesh CM held a Padyatra and reached the Iragavaram village in the West Godavari district to interact closely and meet the distressed farmers who had lost their crops due to unseasonal rains.

Speaking to ANI the TDP chief said that the present government is not responding to the problems of the farmers. After the crop loss, the farmers have not even received their insurance and that is ultimately leading the farmers to die by suicide.

"The present government is not responding to the problems of the farmers. After the crop loss, the farmers have not even received their insurance. These farmers do not know what to do, and that is why there are so many suicides in Andhra Pradesh," he said.

He further added that all of these issues were escalating because of the inefficiency and corruption of the government.

The former CM of Andhra Pradesh further said that the government was not acting right and assured the farmers that they stood by them until justice is served.

"The government is not acting properly, this is a grim situation. I told all the farmers very clearly that we will stand by them and ultimately justice will be done. Even if they don't do it, we are here to get it done," the TDP chief added.

Earlier on April 7, the TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu had called on the people of the state not to repose faith in Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy.

While addressing the public meeting, he said, "Do not show your faith in him and he is not your future. He is cancer which is plaguing the state. I urge people to rethink as the state is moving with the ganja and gun culture brought in by Jagan. The youth got addicted to ganja and other drugs and are not taking part in any kind of activity which is useful for them and their families".

During his visit, TDP leader Naidu was clicking pictures of the houses constructed by the Andhra Pradesh Township And Infrastructure Development Corporation (APTIDCO) which have not been allotted to the beneficiaries."Why these housing units have not been allotted yet to the beneficiaries? I have told the party leaders to send a challenge to Jagan asking what he has done for the State and for the people" he said.

In this regard, he also took to Twitter and said, "Look, YS Jagan! These are the thousands of TIDCO houses built in Nellore alone for the poor during our government's tenure. Living evidence of lakhs of TIDCO houses built in the state! How many houses have you built in these four years? Where are the houses you mentioned? Can you answer? Selfie Challenge To Jagan".He asked them to make use of this selfie challenge in their 'Idemi Kharma Mana Rashtraniki' programme.

Chandrababu Naidu also mentioned that in the past four years, the taxes have increased enormously."Even tax is being imposed on garbage," he said.

He also said that living standards were far high during the Telugu Desam Party regime."NT Rama Rao launched the schemes like Rs 2 kg rice and pucca houses for the poor. The living standards of the people are far high during the TDP regime," he said."The TDP introduced the largest number of welfare schemes during 2014-19, now sand has turned out to be costlier than gold," he added.

Chandrababu Naidu further mentioned that Andhra CM Jagan Reddy registers cases against those who raise their voice against him."After he came to power, Jagan completely neglected the Polavaram project and he began destructive politics with the Praja Vedika and started threatening everyone in the state. False cases are being made against all those who raise their voice and he sends them to jail. (ANI)