Andhra Pradesh, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday denounced the government of TDP in the state has destroyed the effort.
Noting that MNREGA benefited a large number of poor people across the country, also he lambasted the NDA government at the Centre of diluting the MNREGA program.
“On the other hand, (Narendra) Modiji speech in Parliament and is close MNREGA. He said MNREGA is a futile and benefit any program. He said he would not like to finish the program so that the mistakes of the Congress are known to everyone,” he said Gandhi, addressing meetings of self-help groups and workers NREGS women during a one-day visit to Anantapur district hit by the drought of the AP.
In the previous session, the women told me that his chief minister hurt the SHG movement by making false promises. Chief Minister (Chandrababu) Naidu destroyed the work that Congress has done for years and trust that was built. He lied to women to win elections and doors of banks are closed to them. In a minute, he destroyed the power given to you by the Congress, “he said.
Stressing that he was also inspired by the good work done by women in self-help groups AP said emulated the example in his Lok Sabha constituency (Amethi) in Uttar Pradesh.
“I was not inspired by them, I took some lessons and applied them in my constituency in Uttar Pradesh,” he said.
Rahul said he suggested taking the advice of women SHG AP when the Government of India wanted to design a scheme in one Jammu Kashmir. He wondered why women SHG AP can not go to banks with the same pride as “wealthy businessman” does.
Hitting out at the NDA government for not granting the status of special category of Andhra Pradesh as promised by the UPA government at the time of bifurcation state last year, the Vice-President of the Congress stated that the TDP and YSR Congress are not fighting for the cause.
“Through a special status, the people of Andhra receive billions of rupees. Andhra Pradesh will go before all states. We are not afraid of Modiji. Maybe, Chandrababu Naidu and Jagan (Mohan) Reddy (ysrc Congress chief) are afraid of Modi, but Congress is not. Congress will fight their battle for a special status. Congress would fight the battle for Polavaram (irrigation project multipurpose) and GAA for women, “he said.
