CPM slams Centre over meagre funds

Vijayawada: CPM Rajadhani Committee convener Ch Babu Rao expressed shock over the Union government for releasing funds for the construction of capital city. 

He said as to how the state could construct capital city without funds release. He asked the BJP leaders as to how they extended support to the state bifurcation. Several important issues like railway zone, steel factory, fiscal deficit and special package were not addressed in the budget, he said.  

Now burden on taxpayers: CPM 
The city unit of CPM took strong objection to the budget plans of Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) which would be introduced on Friday. The leaders, Donepudi Kasinath and corporator Adilakshmi, expressed their concern over the budget plans of the corporation as it was ready to burden the citizens with Rs 120 crore additional taxes. They said the local body failed to provide infrastructure in the city, they lamented.

The corporation did not make any efforts to get funds from the government. All the assets were under mortgage and how the local body would clear loans, they wondered. Even the long pending demand of the GO 010 was yet to be implemented they said. They wondered as to how the expenditure on organising the Women’s Parliament in the city was included in the corporation account.