Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders have been attacking YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy day in and day out questioning his controversial decisions, he chose to take up the matter directly with their Delhi bosses.
As part of his strategy, Jagan directly met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and gave him his piece of mind as to why he had to take certain decisions to undo the damage caused to the state by the previous Telugu Desam Party government.
He will also meet BJP national president and Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday and is expected to bring to his notice the allegations being levelled by the state BJP leaders against him.
He would also explain how the YSRC was trying to be friendly with the Centre and extending all support to the crucial decisions being taken by the Modi government.
“The criticism by the BJP against my government will only help the TDP in the long run,” he would explain to the BJP chief.
According to sources, Jagan gave a lengthy explanation to Modi as to why he had to review power purchase agreements entered into by his predecessor N Chandrababu Naidu with various solar and wind power producers.
He said the Naidu government had signed the PPAs with renewable energy producers in irrational and outlandish manner, causing a huge burden on the state exchequer.
He said Naidu had signed the PPAs only to benefit a select few companies with ulterior motives.
“Though there was a purchase limit of only 5-10%, the previous TDP government had purchased 23.6% of renewable energy causing a loss of Rs 2,654 crore to electricity department. Due to chaotic policies of the previous government, the debt of Discoms had gone up to Rs 20,000 crore,” he explained.
The chief minister also explained why his government had to go in for reverse tendering for the Polavaram project works only to save the public money.