Naidu fails to list his work, harps on criticising Modi

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for providing funds for a new capital Dholera for his home state of Gujarat while providing meagre funding for AP’s new capital of Amravati.

To support his allegations, Mr Naidu played the videos of Mr Modi’s speech regarding the development of Dholera in Gujarat which did not mention Central funding for AP.

BJP national president Amit Shah said recently that Gujarat generates its own funds for its development and does not take Centre’s funds as alleged by Mr Naidu.

Right from the time, the Telugu Desam broke away from the NDA, Mr Naidu has been criticising his former ally, the BJP, making the same allegations from every platform. He used the party’s plenary Mahanadu too to criticise Mr Modi and Mr Shah instead of listing out his government’s achievemnt.

Speaking at the conclusion of the Mahanadu on the resolution ‘People’s Capital Amaravati — City of Happiness’, Mr Naidu said that Mr Modi had allocated `2,500 crore just for one statue in Gujarat, and conveniently ignored funds for Amaravati.

He also played the videos of Mr Modi’s speech, where the PM has shared his plans of a new capital, which would be double the size of New Delhi, which would be built in Dholera in Gujarat. Mr Rao said Mr Modi has been diverting funds to Gujarat by ignoring the genuine demands and assurances of the AP Reorganisation Act for a new capital.

“Dholera will be bigger in size than Shanghai of China according to the Prime Minister. So, why he is not allowing us to build our capital Amaravati,” he questioned.

On the Tirumala controversy, Mr Naidu said that some people have been trying to rake up new issues by alleging that diamonds went missing in Tirumala. “This is false propaganda,” he said.