No truth in TDP's negative campaign, says Amar

Amaravati: There is no truth in the negative campaign being launched by the TDP that lakhs of construction labourers were rendered jobless, stated Devulapalli Amar, Advisor for National Media and Inter State Affairs in a press release here on Saturday.

Reacting on the labourers' suicides and lack of works in the state, he stated, "This is not true. There is also no truth in the malicious campaign being launched by the opposition leaders that construction labourers are committing suicide in large numbers.

Majority of suicides were due to personal reasons, but the deliberate mudslinging is continuing, and it looks like the intention is nothing but to malign the image of the State government."

He added the TDP and other opposition parties, who are defaming the government for all and sundry have used the issue for their political gains. However, the facts and ground situation were completely different, he maintained.

People from other districts migrate to cities in search of livelihood and it goes without saying that they become forced construction labourers, he pointed out. The usual practice is that small and marginal farmers from the drought prone Anantapur, Prakasam, Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts would migrate to cities in search of livelihood and it goes without saying that they become forced construction labourers.

However, this year, the drought prone and backward districts like Anantapur, Prakasam, Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts received copious rains. In fact, the rains were unprecedented, and the reverse migration is there to witness for everyone.