TD to welcome like-minded people in its fold, says CM Chandrababu Naidu

Vijayawada: Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu said here on Saturday that the ruling TD would take “like-minded” people into the party. Speaking to the media here, Naidu said such people would strengthen the party by taking up developmental programmes at village level.

Reacting to a question, the CM said if the YSRC has guts, it should move a No Confidence motion against his ministry in the state assembly.

Naidu said the Opposition had no right to criticise his family members and their businesses. He said his family was involved in the Heritage dairy business but they were alongside doing public service by helping the poor. His family members including himself have been announcing their assets every year, he said.

The CM said the Opp-osition YSRC’s leader was involved in corruption. He was campaigning against the government through his newspaper, which was “esta-blished with corrupted money” and it was also under attachment. The government would seize the property after the attachment bill got the nod in Parliament.

The TD had announ-ced the same in its manifesto, Naidu said. Besides, the CM said, his government’s main priority was to complete the irrigation projects on time. Already, the government had given wa-ter for one crore acres and it would supply wa-ter for an additional 40 lakh acres next year.

The state would get 100 TMC water from Godavari from next year for use of farmers. Naidu said the Congress had looted project funds without completing even a single project. He promised to complete the Pattiseema project by 2018.

During the day, the CM welcomed 40 Sarpanches from the YSRC in Guntur district, into the TD fold.