Vijayawada: TD spokesperson Panchumarthi Anuradha suggested that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should change rename his Mann ki Baat programme and call it “Dhokha Baat” instead. Addressing a press conference at the TD party office in Vijayawada on Monday Ms Anuradha said that Mr Modi, in Sunday’s Mann ki Baat, had lauded B.R. Ambedkar for emerging as the “God of Democracy” despite facing several insults, but he was dishonouring the constitution by stalling parliament for 14 days.
Ms Anuradha said that no-confidence motions had been moved 26 times so far in the country. She added that former Prime Ministers had accepted them, but a no-confidence motion wasn’t being allowed to be moved at present. She said that Somu Veerraju and Vishnu Kumar Raju had pointed out that the CAG had mentioned that an additional Rs 300 crore had been spent on the Pattiseema Project. She said that the CAG had also said that Gujarat had lost Rs 30,000 crore to corruption over the past 12 years. She added that the TD was ready for the CAG’s reports regarding both claims.
Another TD spokesperson, Lanka Dinakar, said that it wasn’t clear why the PMO had withdrawn the funds released for the development of backward districts. He said that NITI Aayog had confirmed that the state government had submitted utility certificates for the Rs 1,530 crore allotted for the construction of the capital city, while 16,586 utility certificates were pending submission in Gujarat.
Mr Dinakar said that BJP chief Amit Shah had mentioned that Rs 3.5 lakh crore had been given to the state, but meanwhile, he was insulting the 5 crore people of Andhra Pradesh. He said that the people would respond during the 2019 elections. TD MLC Budda Venkanna challenged the YSRC and the Jana Sena to compete against the TD in 2019 if they dared. He said that the BJP would get even fewer votes than NOTA in the elections.
