YSR Congress party on Thursday ridiculed the “Save Democracy” call given by Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, as he had been deriding every democratic and constitutional institution in the state.
YSRC spokesperson E Rajasekhara Reddy said the rampant corruption in the state along with violations of democratic and constitutional norms had been stinking in the state while Naidu had been shamelessly going round the country with the slogan of Save Democracy.
“The new drama only shows that he is convinced that he would be rejected at the hustings in the 2019 elections and the fear has sent shock waves in his camp forcing him to look for outside help and glamour,” he said.
Reddy wondered how Naidu who could not safeguard the state interest during the last four and a half years while he was the coalition partner of NDA, was now speaking of national interests. It only shows his lack of sincerity, he said.
He reminded that four senior bureaucrats had charged Naidu with indulging in rampant corruption and lacking morals.
He had allocated Rs 700 cores to a single media house seeking self-promotion and indulged in irregularities in the NREGs scheme to a tune of Rs 7000 crores, he alleged.
“Naidu had also given away prime land worth Rs 450 crores at throwaway prices at Rs 45 lakhs to his coterie and has been silent on the charges levelled by the retired officials. He has turned the capital city formation into a corporation and has been trading inside out besides putting the poor farmers to hardships,” Reddy said.