Surprisingly, the Chief Minister, Dr Rajasekhar Reddy’s pet programme Jalayagnam (construction of irrigation projects) is not on the priority list of achievements that the Congress plans to play up in the coming polls.
The committee, which has been entrusted to generate publicity materials for the party, has decided to showcase only voter-specific issues.A survey report indicated that Jalayagnam, the massive development scheme taken up by the government with an overall investment of about Rs 1.50 lakh crore to bring one crore acres under assured irrigation facility, has not gone down well among the people as was expected by the government.
The survey report was placed before the Chief Minister and on his instructions the publicity committee has shifted its priorities to all the welfare schemes which are intended to benefit individuals.
The schemes include Arogyasri (health insurance) Abhaya Hastam (pension scheme) Indiramma housing, Pavala Vaddi (loans at 25 paisa interest) free power, reimbursement of tuition fee to minority students, BCs and EBCs and the Rs-2-a-kg rice scheme which are more attractive to voters and will fetch votes for the party in the elections.Positive publicity material, which is allowed by the Election Commission, will go on the air soon after the three-member screening committee of the Election Commission put its seal of certification.
Meanwhile, the Congress is starting its SMS poll campaign from Thursday. The party hopes to use this as a platform to inform people about its schemes and policies over the last five years.
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