CPI agenda is TDP's: Anil Kumar Yadav

Amaravati: CPI leaders are working for TDP's agenda and mobilsing such a big number of people for Polavaram march shows their real intentions, said irrigation minister P Anil Kumar Yadav.

Addressing media at Tadepalli on Monday, the minister said that the communist leaders coming in large numbers only shows that they wanted to create a scene and have no intention to seek clarifications.

Earlier CPI used to fight for public issues, but they lost their credibility over time by joining hands with TDP, he said.

Anil Kumar dared CPI leader K Ramakrishna to answer why they didn't agitate regarding Polavaram during the TDP regime or question Naidu when they failed to complete the project and sanction R&R package in his five-year term.

He criticised CPI leaders' visit to Polavaram, saying that 10 people can go to check Polavaram works and there was no need to go with 200 members, while over 3,000 people were working at the site. All this is to create chaos at the construction site and the government doesn't tolerate such cheap politics, he added.

He said the project would be ready by 2021, dam works would start in February, and assured that there would be no deviations.

The minister also stated that an invitation will be sent to all party leaders for the inauguration and those having any objections were free to measure the dam height with tape.

He said TDP leaders were making false accusations with regard to the Polavaram project and communist leaders are playing to the tunes of TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu.

He challenged the CPI leaders to talk about the December 2017 Union Cabinet meeting which was attended by former TDP ministers and secret pacts of Naidu.

Anil Kumar Yadav said that neither TDP nor CPI leaders have the right to talk about R&R package as they had neglected it and agreed to compromise Polavaram for commissions.

The finance minister is in talks with the Centre regarding the project and the state will definitely complete Polavaram by 2021.