The YSRCP, which had made a bold statement before the last election that three capitals were its government’s policy and that it would go to the polls on these, has now taken U turn. Being limited to 11 seats in the elections and the people rejecting the YSRCP in all the proposed three capital areas, it has retreated on its policies.
The party leaders, who had so far said that three capitals were their party’s policy, have now retreated. Senior YSRCP leader and Leader of Opposition Botsa Satyanarayana announced in the Legislative Council that they would reconsider their policy on the capital. Botsa said that they had gone towards three capitals based on the circumstances at that time.
He clarified that they would discuss what our policy is now on the capital and announce it soon. Botsa said that they would discuss this issue comprehensively within the party and announce their decision. He said that his previous comment that Amaravati was like a graveyard was true, and that he had said that on that day based on the context six years ago.
He said that Amaravati has become a wasteland due to the fact that not even Rs. 6000 crore was spent for Amaravati during the TDP regime. Meanwhile, he wondered that the present Secretariat and Assembly buildings are not temporary and, on the other hand, calling tenders for new buildings is proof of the dual attitude of the coalition parties.
He said that if the issue of the Chief Minister who took oath on the Constitution and said that he should work only for the ruling party, they are being distorted, and if they are asked to say the same thing officially, they will not come forward. He criticized that no person holding the position of CM in an independent country has spoken like this.
He said that it is not possible to speak like this, there are beneficiaries in all parties, and what kind of justice is it to attribute parties to them. The alliance leaders, who raised the issue of constructing magnificent buildings with world-class standards in Rushikonda as a waste of public money and abuse of power, asked whether constructing temporary buildings at a cost of Rs. 10,500 per square foot was not corruption?
He questioned why the contractor paid the bills if there was corruption and mistakes in Rushikonda? said that they had demanded an investigation and punishment if there was any mistake, but the government was acting in an evasive manner.