Minister Alla Nani rubbishes Chandrababu Naidu’s charges on Covid care

Vijayawada: Deputy Chief Minister and minister for health and family welfare Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas alias Nani refuted allegations of former chief minister and Telugu Desam president N. Chandrababu Naidu on containment of Covid-19 against the government and stated that people of Andhra Pradesh would not trust the ‘fake’ Deeksha of the latter. He came down heavily on Chandrababu Naidu for his political drama under the name of Sadhana Deeksha and said it had shocked people of the state.

Speaking to the media at the party central office here on Tuesday, the minister said people knew the history of protests being organised by Naidu including how he cheated people in the name of Nava Nirmana Deeksha. He flayed Naidu for claiming that the Chief Minister had ignored the suggestions given by him after interacting with intellectuals and said Naidu had done nothing during the pandemic except attending Zoom conferences.

Nani said 150 testing labs were set up in the state and revolutionary changes were being made in the health sector with Rs 13,000 crore and asserted that there was no scarcity of oxygen and beds were available.

The minister said the state government under the leadership of Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy had effectively contained Covid and Naidu had suddenly popped up in the state and further misleading the people in the name of Sadhana Deeksha. He said Andhra Pradesh stood as an example to other states in containing Covid effectively and questioned Naidu what he had achieved through this Sadhana Deeksha. He slammed Naidu for coming into the state after Covid cases decreased only to politicise issues.

Nani flayed a section of the media for propagating false information about the Chief Minister with vested interests. He rubbished Naidu's demand of providing financial assistance of Rs 10,000 to every household and Rs 25 lakh as ex-gratia to the kin of the deceased due to Covid-19.