No truth in Naidu’s allegations on paddy procurement dues, says Kodali
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Minister for Civil Supplies Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao on Saturday alleged that TDP nationwide president N. Chandrababu Naidu was falsely claiming that funds to farmers for paddy procurement had been made inside 48 hours when he was the Chief Minister.
Addressing the media, Mr. Venkateswara Rao stated the YSRCP authorities had cleared greater than ₹960 crore in direction of paddy procurement that was saved pending by the TDP authorities.
Within three months of assuming energy, Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy had ensured fee of ₹4,000-crore dues to the farmers, the Minister asserted. By the time Mr. Naidu wrote a letter to the Chief Minister on pending funds, the Central and State governments had already procured 28 lakh tonnes of paddy and disbursed ₹1,637 crore to the farmers, the Minister stated.
As per the directions of the Chief Minister, funds had been being made to the farmers inside 21 days of procuring the crop, he stated, including that ₹1,619 crore was pending disbursal as on date.
“Despite delay in the release of ₹3,229 crore arrears by the Centre, the State government has been clearing the dues of the farmers from the treasury,” the Minister stated.
Mr. Naidu had betrayed the farmers by not fulfilling the promise he had made in the run-up to the 2014 elections that he would waive ₹85,000 crore farm loans, he alleged. “Mr. Naidu did not clear even 20% of the promised amount during his five-year stint,” the Minister alleged.
Referring to N. Lokesh’s allegation that the Chief Minister was vindictive in direction of the opposition leaders, Mr. Venkateswara Rao warned him towards criticising the Chief Minister.
Stating that many YSRCP leaders had been killed through the TDP time period, the Minister stated it was not correct to attribute such incidents to the federal government.
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