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YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy connected Wednesday took potshots astatine Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, alleging large-scale corruption and fiscal mismanagement successful the Amaravati superior project, portion proposing the ‘MAVIGUN’ corridor arsenic a cost-effective alternate improvement model.
Addressing the media, the erstwhile Chief Minister claimed that the NDA authorities had diverted monolithic borrowings for the Amaravati project, creating a fiscal load connected the State.
“Governance nether Mr. Naidu had been reduced to unrestrained corruption and exploitation. Excessive spending connected the superior task has started impacting the cardinal payment schemes,” helium said.
Many payment schemes, specified arsenic interest reimbursement, housing, healthcare, cultivation support, and enlargement of aesculapian colleges, person either slowed down oregon stalled owed to assets diversion, helium alleged.
Mr. Jagan said processing Amaravati connected astir 1 lakh acres could necessitate astir ₹2 lakh crore for creating basal infrastructure. How tin the State carnivore specified an expenditure portion clearing pending dues, including ₹36,000 crore owed to authorities employees, helium asked.
Highlighting borrowing patterns, helium cautioned that continuous reliance connected loans could strain the State’s finances for decades.
He alleged lapses successful the tendering process, claiming that contracts antecedently cancelled were reassigned to the aforesaid firms.
He accused the authorities of suppressing disapproval and utilizing the Assembly for governmental targeting alternatively than meaningful debate, portion questioning the non-convening of the Legislative Council implicit the Amaravati issue.
Mr. Jagan projected the ‘MAVIGUN’ corridor, linking Machilipatnam, Vijayawada, and Guntur, arsenic a cost-effective maturation model.
“The MAVIGUN corridor, with existing infrastructure, could beryllium developed into a large economical hub astatine a fraction of Amaravati’s projected cost, perchance redeeming astir ₹1.9 lakh crore,” helium said and suggested strengthening Visakhapatnam arsenic an enforcement superior to make revenue.
Reiterating that the YSRCP is not opposed to Amaravati, but to what helium termed ‘unsustainable policies’, Mr. Jagan called for a much applicable and balanced attack to development.
He besides questioned the ineligible and governmental ground of the caller Assembly proceedings concerning the superior city. Mr. Jagan argued that the Constitution does not explicitly notation the word ‘capital’, alternatively refers to ‘seats of governance’.
The authorization to find a State’s superior lies solely with the State government, citing the Union government’s submissions earlier courts that it has nary nonstop relation successful specified decisions, helium said.
