Launching four new ‘Praja Palana’ schemes in the Chandravancha village of Kosgi mandal in Kodangal Assembly constituency on Sunday, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy said that KCR’s family is criticising his (CM’s) family although they are working selflessly.
“We will not loot like the KCR family. Our leadership wants us to stand by the people during hard times. You looted the state. My family does not loot the state. My family is serving the public although they do not hold any posts. The opposition is annoyed as my family supports me. Did I give any post to anyone in my family? KCR and his men are blocking Kodangal’s development,” the CM said.
The CM said that KCR had claimed that he had read 80,000 books. KTR had boasted that he had studied in the US. But the two leaders don’t know how to issue ration cards to the poor, he said.
“My government decided to issue ration cards to 40 lakh new families in the state. Fine rice will be distributed to all ration card holders. A ration card is the identity of the poor. New ration cards have not been issued for the last 10 years. We held Grama Sabhas and accepted applications from those eligible. Have you ever seen officials in villages in the last 10 years? The ‘people’s government’ sent officials to villages as they are accountable to the people. Today the Chief Minister (myself) came to the people. The people are our rulers,” the CM said.
The CM said that they had brought about a change in government. “The Chief Minister and ministers should go to the people. It is not possible to rule the state by staying in a farmhouse. The opposition is creating chaos in Grama Sabhas by inciting people,” he said.
The CM said that even though the Kaleshwaram Project collapsed, the state had recorded a bumper harvest producing 1.56 crore tonnes of paddy.
“The government gave a bonus of Rs 500 per quintal for super fine paddy.
Even after 10 years the Palamuru-Rangareddy Project has not been completed. The Kodangal, Narayanpet Lift Irrigation scheme has not been started. The opposition is trying to block bringing Krishna water to Kodangal. The BRS rulers did not care about people and were interested only in constructing farmhouses and looting public funds,” he said.
The CM said the opposition is trying to prevent the completion of pending projects as they think that if the projects are completed they cannot survive.
“Opposition leader KCR has not attended Assembly even for a single day in the last 13 months. Does he not have a responsibility to his voters? If he does not have that why does he hold on to his post,” the CM asked.
The CM said that he spent crores from his funds for developing Kodangal. “The government is launching four big schemes from Kodangal on Sunday. All the schemes will be implemented by March 31 and all needy people will get their benefits,” he said.
The CM said that as part of the six guarantees announced during Assembly elections, the Congress Government is launching Rythu Bharosa, Indiramma Atmiya Bharosa, Indiramma housing scheme and issuing new ration cards in Chandravancha village on Sunday.
The CM said like soil and seed the bond between the Congress and farmers is inseparable. Former Chief Minister YS Rajasekhar Reddy gave free electricity to farmers and waived their power dues. During UPA rule, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi waived farm loans amounting to Rs 72,000 crore and proved that agriculture is profitable.
The Congress promised to waive farm loans amounting up to Rs 2 lakh and implemented it.
“My government waived farm loans amounting to Rs 21,000 crore of 22.50 lakh farmers. As part of the first phase of Rythu Bharosa, the government deposited nearly Rs 7,000 crore in the accounts of farmers,” the CM said.
He said the BRS Government paid Rs 10,000 per acre. This government is providing Rs 12,000 under Rythu Bharosa. The government will pay Rs 20,000 crore to 70 lakh farmers as per the Rythu Bharosa scheme every year. Every farmer will get Rs 6,000 per acre from Rythu Bharosa after Sunday midnight, the CM said.
Launching the Rythu Bharosa scheme from Chandravancha village to help farmers, the CM said that during his padayatra, many landless poor had sought help. The government will pay Rs 12,000 to the landless poor every year under the Indiramma Atmiya Bharosa. The Congress government will support 10 lakh families through this programme. The money will be deposited in their accounts after Sunday midnight, he said.
“Former Chief Minister YSR comes to our minds whenever the Indiramma Housing scheme is discussed. The Congress Government provided Indiramma houses to the poor between 2004 and 2014. Around 34,000 houses were given to the poor in Kodangal alone,” the CM said.
“No one was given a double-bedroom house during KCR’s rule. The ‘people’s government’ will provide 3,500 Indiramma houses in Kodangal before March 31,” the CM said.
The CM said the government will build four lakh Indiramma houses at a cost of Rs 22,500 crore and will give Rs 10,000 crore to farmers by March 31 based on their cultivable lands. As per the Indiramma Atmiya Bharosa, the government will provide Rs 6,000 to 10 lakh families, he said.
He appealed to migrant families to get their new ration cards at their native places. He said the government had bagged investments worth Rs 1.78 lakh crore at Davos.
