PNS|Guntur
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national general secretary, Nara Lokesh, on Saturday made it clear that the coming TDP government would certainly give the highest priority to the welfare of the farming community and will ensure that the farmers will get maximum benefits.
The villagers of Garapadu of PedaKurapadu Assembly segment in the combined Guntur district in a memorandum submitted to Lokesh during his Yuva Galam pada yatra raised various local issues, including the problems being faced by the farmers. Responding to them, Lokesh said that the TDP aims at supplying water for every acre in the State to see to it that farming becomes profitable. The amount the TDP has spent during its tenure, Rs 68,194 cr reflects this fact, he added.
Measures will be taken to supply irrigation water even to the tail-end areas of the Nagarjuna Sagar canals, Lokesh said. Also, roads and drainage facilities also will be provided in all the rural areas in the State, he said, adding that industries will be set up in the Palnadu area and jobs will be provided to the youth.
Later, in an interaction with the representatives of SC and ST communities of Peda Kurapadu, Lokesh termed the Chief Minister, Jagan Mohan Reddy, as a traitor to the SCs and asked why the historic personality, BR Ambedkar’s name is removed from the Videsi Vidya scheme. In fact, the Dalits are the worst sufferers after Mr Jagan has become the Chief Minister, Lokesh remarked and promised to reintroduce all the schemes that are now being discontinued. Loans will be sanctioned through the SC Corporation, he said and stated that employment facilities also will be created for Dalits.
Lokesh made it clear that soon after the TDP forms the next government, the works in Amaravathi will be revived. ”One State, one capital, Amaravathi is the slogan of the TDP,” he stated.
Amaravathi will be rebuilt in such a way that the five crore people of the State will feel proud of their capital,” the TDP national general secretary observed.
Maintaining that Jagan Mohan Reddy is resorting to politics even in the Employment Guarantee scheme, Lokesh said that those who lost their opportunity in the scheme now would be extended the facility once the TDP is back in power.
Lokesh expressed shock at the killing of a little child, Akshita, near Alipiri as she was attacked by a lion. The TDP national general secretary demanded immediate steps to ensure that such incidents will not recur.
In an interaction with representatives of the Muslim community, Lokesh promised to give prominence to the community once the TDP is into power again. The TDP would never support any steps that will harm the sentiments of Muslims, he noted.
