TDP leader Kimidi Nagarjuna on Friday said it is shameful that the ruling YSRCP leaders are talking about the development of the North Andhra region, particularly Visakhapatnam city, when they could not take any measures to save the Vizag Steel Plant.
The YSRCP leaders are neglecting the steel plant that was achieved after a series of fights and a prolonged agitation, he said and asked, “why the YSRCP did not take up the railway zone demand for Visakhapatnam in the past three years”. “Visakhapatnam city was developed with a vision by Chandrababu Naidu during his tenure as chief minister, and he worked hard to set up information technology and finance companies there,” the TDP leader said.
He further stated that Vizag is now a cosmopolitan city and Chandrababu has made every effort to make it a fitness valley. Millennium Towers were constructed in Vizag during Chandrababu’s tenure and employment was created for thousands of jobless youth, thus converting the city into a hub for the software industry, Nagarjuna observed. However, all these IT companies are moving out of the city since they are fed up with the style of functioning of the Chief Minister, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, Kimidi Nagarjuna said.
The state remained where it was three and a half years ago, and not even a single industry nor an IT company has set up shop here, resulting in no employment generation, he noted.
“Since the people are now feeling vexed with the YSRCP government, the ruling party leaders are now talking about three capital issues only to divert the public attention from its failures”, the TDP leader said.
He further slammed CM Jagan Mohan Reddy and said, “Reddy has not done anything for Andhra Pradesh except loot the state and create a rift and deep differences among the people, raking up unnecessary issues. Can any ruling party leader explain what exactly is done for either Vizianagaram or Visakhapatnam, he asked, emphasising that the ruling party has done nothing for the port city of Visakhapatnam despite claiming that it will be made the “executive capital”?
There are numerous opportunities to develop the entire region, including Araku, Bheemli, and Srikakulam, according to Kimidi Nagarjuna, who also stated that the YSRCP is always more concerned with how to criticise Chandrababu than with moving the state forward.The Totapalli canal, which was launched by Chandrababu in 2015, is very crucial for the progress of Vizianagaram, and the Cabinet Minister from this district, Botsa Satyanarayana, did not talk even a single word about the canal, he observed.
Once the North Andhra region, particularly Visakhapatnam city, was known for peace, but after the YSRCP came to power, the whole area turned into land for growing ganja and for illegal land grabbing, Kimidi added.