Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, who held a meeting with party MPs here on Monday, apprised them of the issues to be raised during the Budget session of Parliament. Funds for Polavaram, renotification for relocation of High Court, Special Category Status and political angle to the recent vandalism of temples in the state are among the issues that would be voiced in Parliament.
The Chief Minister directed the MPs to stress on the Polavaram project which has arrears of Rs 1569.86 crore, and for approval of the revised estimates of the project cost of Rs 55,656.87 crore. He stated that Chandrababu Naidu during TDP term has agreed to the special package putting the Polavaram project at jeopardy. In regard to the Polavaram project, the state government has already discussed and written letters to the Prime Minister and Home Minister to approve the revised estimates. He directed the MPs to take up the issue of Polavaram project seriously and insist for the approval of revised cost estimates to complete the project on time.
The Chief Minister also told the MPs to raise the issues of decentralization of capital activities, integrated development bills passed by the State along with issuing a re-notification to shift the High Court to Kurnool. The Chief Minister told to mention the problems regarding divisions of Railway zone in Visakhapatnam.
He directed the MPs to be prepared with full details regarding attacks on temples in the state. He said the investigations revealed that people with political backgrounds were involved in these incidents and stated that malicious propaganda was spread on social media and action is being taken against anyone, irrespective of religion, who are involved in these incidents. He said it was TDP followers who shifted the Nandi idol from a temple at Santhabommali of Tekkali constituency in Srikakulam district and false information is being propagated that YSRCP followers are involved in the incident, where even Chandrababu Naidu and his party members have changed their version after CCTV footage was released. He told the MPs to raise the conspiracies of TDP through temple vandalism. He also said to raise the pending request of CBI enquiry on Antarvedi temple chariot fire issue.
In regard to special category status, the CM said that he had written letters several times and appealed to the Centre on every occasion he visited Delhi, adding that the MPs should try to raise it in Parliament.