Congratulating chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy on coming back to power in the state, opposition leader and TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday suggested that the state government implement the cash transfer scheme (CTS), which was the his party’s main electoral plank in the 2009 election.
Participating in the debate on the motion of thanks to the governor’s address in the Assembly, Naidu said the cash transfer was among the best schemes to empower poor and middle class women economically. “This can be implemented in an effective manner by using the existing information technology and strong banking network. We thought the CTS would help us come to power. But it was not to be. The TDP will take up the CTS if it comes to power in the next election but you can implement the same in the meantime and empower the poor economically,” he said.
Asserting that it was time the chief minister kept his promises on several issues including Telangana, the TDP chief pointed out that in the governor’s address, it was mentioned that the people rejected politics of divisiveness and negativism.
“But the state government constituted a committee headed by finance minister K Rosaiah to look into the Telangana issue. The CM should clarify on what grounds the committee was set up while maintaining that there was no demand for a separate state,” Naidu said. He said he expected some change in the CM’s attitude after assuming charge for the second time. “However, the way he re-instated S S P Yadav as DGP within 24 hours of taking over showed he has not changed. Correct yourself and prove your credibility,” he said.
This could be done by putting a stop to selling government land, getting from the Centre national project status for five irrigation projects and stopping Maharashtra from taking up the Babli project. “We as the opposition are ready to assist the state in getting more funds from the Centre,” he said.
The opposition leader also demanded that the state government send a team to Australia to study the problems being faced by students from AP in the wake of the recent racial attacks. Naidu also demanded a five-day week for state government employees.
Participating in the debate on the motion of thanks to the governor’s address in the Assembly, Naidu said the cash transfer was among the best schemes to empower poor and middle class women economically. “This can be implemented in an effective manner by using the existing information technology and strong banking network. We thought the CTS would help us come to power. But it was not to be. The TDP will take up the CTS if it comes to power in the next election but you can implement the same in the meantime and empower the poor economically,” he said.
Asserting that it was time the chief minister kept his promises on several issues including Telangana, the TDP chief pointed out that in the governor’s address, it was mentioned that the people rejected politics of divisiveness and negativism.
“But the state government constituted a committee headed by finance minister K Rosaiah to look into the Telangana issue. The CM should clarify on what grounds the committee was set up while maintaining that there was no demand for a separate state,” Naidu said. He said he expected some change in the CM’s attitude after assuming charge for the second time. “However, the way he re-instated S S P Yadav as DGP within 24 hours of taking over showed he has not changed. Correct yourself and prove your credibility,” he said.
This could be done by putting a stop to selling government land, getting from the Centre national project status for five irrigation projects and stopping Maharashtra from taking up the Babli project. “We as the opposition are ready to assist the state in getting more funds from the Centre,” he said.
The opposition leader also demanded that the state government send a team to Australia to study the problems being faced by students from AP in the wake of the recent racial attacks. Naidu also demanded a five-day week for state government employees.
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