State government asked to react on Union Minister's comments

Vijayawada: TDP leaders Konakalla Narayana, Devineni Umamaheswara Rao, Gadde Anuradha, Bachula Arjunudu and Varla Ramaiah demanded the State government to react on the comments of Union Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekawat in the Lok Sabha on the cancellation of Polavaram tenders.

Speaking to media persons here on Saturday, they said that the Union Minister found fault with the government for canceling the Polavaram contract. They said that the comments of Union Minister are a shame on the State government. They said that Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy cancelled the Polavaram works contract with a motive to bag Polavaram Hydropower Project contract.

The State government irresponsibly had asked the contractor to cancel the work, they lamented. They said that no one removes the existing contractor when the River Godavari faces flood situation. They said that the State government was facing anti-incumbency from the public just in two months after assuming the charge. No government in the past faced such bad image like YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's government, they opined.

The TDP leaders participated in the district coordination meeting at the party office here on Saturday. On this occasion, they passed a resolution to expose the anti-people policies of the government.

They further said that they would meet people and take steps to get their support in the local body elections. Krishna District and Urban TDP party wing presidents B Arjunudu, Budda Venkanna, senior leaders T Premnath, and Kommareddy Pattabhiram were also present.