Jagan hitting pillars of democracy: TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu

Amaravati: TDP national president N Chandrababu Naidu said Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy in his one-year rule crippled legislature, executive, judiciary and also the media, the four pillars of democracy.

On the second and concluding day of Mahanadu meeting, Naidu while speaking on resolutions, said that every programme of Jagan was designed for corruption.

In the name of prohibition, YSRCP leaders were committing massive fraud in liquor supplying poor quality brands putting poor people's health at risk. Abnormal rates were being collected causing further financial loss to poor workers.

The Chief Minister is collecting Jagan Reddy Service Tax everywhere, accused Naidu.

The TDP supremo criticised that Jagan was literally behaving like a leech, sucking blood out of poor people as well.

During a discussion on a resolution on Amaravati capital city, the former chief minister advised Jagan to stop crushing the capital city.

He said that it has worldwide significance and is a win-win project for the government, people and the 28,500 farmers who sacrificed their 35,000 acres land for construction of the capital.

TDP slammed Jagan for imposing an additional burden of Rs 50,000 crore on the people in the form of increased taxes and prices from liquor to power tariff.

In the two days, the party passed 22 resolutions on various issues, including Telangana. The party demanded Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award of the country, be conferred posthumously on its founder and former chief minister N T Rama Rao.

A resolution was passed urging the Centre to confer Bharat Ratna on Rama Rao in recognition of his outstanding and multifarious contributions to the poor people, cinema and socio-political life of the country.