Naidu confusing people over Capital: Raghuveera
VIJAYAWADA: PCC chief N Raghuveera Reddy has launched a blistering attack on chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu for making 'irresponsible' statements on the exact location of the capital city for the truncated state of Andhra Pradesh and also cautioned him not to 'threaten' the farmers who are not ready to part with their land for the capital.
'There is no need for acquiring private land for the capital city construction as the government land is available in abundance in the Vijayawada region,' he said.
Addressing a press conference after participating in the NSUI state council meeting here, the PCC chief alleged that the government was unable to pinpoint the location of the capital city as several ruling party leaders had purchased hundreds of acres of land across the region and were trying to reap maximum benefit by getting the capital city close to their land or trying to protect their lands from acquisition by seeing that the capital will be set up far from their land.
He also alleged that chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu was creating antagonism between the people of Krishna and Guntur districts through his statements on the location of the capital.
'On one occasion, he (Chandrababu) said that the capital was coming near Vijayawada city while on the other, he says that capital will be close to Guntur. Later, he said that the government is planning to construct the capital city in VGTM limits.
By making different statements on the location of the capital, he was creating hostility between the people of both the districts who live cheek-by-jowl,' he said and added that this was happening as the TDP leaders, who had purchased large stretches of land in the capital region, were trying to influence the government in zeroing in on the exact location of the capital city.
He also opined that there was no need for acquiring one lakh acres of land for the construction of the capital and reminded that the area of all the capital cities (Admin offices and other offices belonging to the government) in India, including the national capital, was less then one lakh acres and asked the CM not to threaten the farmers who are opposing the government's move to acquire the land.
News Posted: 11 October, 2014
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