YSRCP urged not to oppose development

BJP State spokesperson Vinusha Reddy has asked the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) to enactment the State government’s initiatives that volition unafraid Andhra Pradesh’s agleam aboriginal alternatively of opposing development.

Speaking to media persons present connected Saturday (October 18), Dr. Vinusha Reddy said with the Centre’s imaginativeness to marque India a planetary person successful Artificial Intelligence (AI), Visakhapatnam is acceptable to go the AI City of India, and Andhra Pradesh the AI Hub of South East Asia. The Centre has taken large steps to fortify the AI ecosystem. The India AI Mission, approved successful March 2024 with an archetypal fund of ₹10,371 crore, received a large boost successful September 2025 erstwhile backing was doubled to ₹20,000 crore — a beardown reflection of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s committedness to making India a planetary AI powerhouse.

Global tech person Alphabet Inc., Google’s genitor company, has announced the constitution of the largest AI Data Centre extracurricular the USA successful Andhra Pradesh, with an concern of ₹1.3 lakh crore implicit 4 years. This 1 GW Compute Centre volition beryllium connected by an undersea cablegram web linking 12 countries crossed South East Asia, placing Visakhapatnam connected the planetary integer map, she pointed out.

“This is the biggest Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) ever for Andhra Pradesh — the effect of 1 twelvemonth of dedicated efforts by some the Narendra Modi authorities astatine the Centre and the NDA Government successful the State,” she said adding the task volition make astir 1.8 lakh nonstop and indirect jobs and volition alteration Vizag into a planetary AI innovation hub.

Reacting to the disapproval by leaders from Karnataka State against A.P. for attracting investments, Dr. Vinusha Reddy said the Congress authorities successful the neighbouring State should code the issues concerning the investors successful their State similar precocious taxes, mediocre infrastructure, and rising concern discontent. “Using words similar ‘parasite’ oregon ‘scavenging’ and speaking of banning the RSS lone exposure their intolerance. They should absorption connected improving governance and infrastructure alternatively than attacking advancement successful different States,” she said.

On YSRCP spreading misinformation astir investments successful the State, Dr. Vinusha Reddy asked if YSRCP is against investments successful Andhra Pradesh? “Is the YSRCP against Vizag becoming India’s AI Hub? What is erstwhile Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s basal connected Google’s ₹1.3 lakh crore investment?” she questioned.