Why didn’t you act then, Sharmila asks Shah
- Says Union home minister is shedding crocodile tears for AP after using Jagan as puppet for five years
- Reminds that Jagan was BJP’s ‘foster son’ for five years supporting every bill in Parliament
- Terms Shah’s claim of allocating Rs 3 lakh crore to restore AP’s past glory is another ‘deception’
Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Y S Sharmila on Monday accused Union home minister Amit Shah of “shedding crocodile tears” by saying the state was devastated during 2019-2024. She alleged that Shah’s newfound concern comes after using Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy as a rubber stamp and puppet for five years.
Responding to Shah’s criticism of the YSRCP government on Sunday during an event near Vijayawada, Sharmila remarked that Reddy had completely aligned with the BJP-led NDA government, supporting all its bills in Parliament.
“For five years, Jagan was your foster son and a mere rubber stamp, endorsing every bill in Parliament. You used the YSRCP to your advantage for five years, plundering the state, only to now shed crocodile tears over the devastation caused under its regime,” Sharmila wrote in a post on X.
She further stated that the people of Andhra Pradesh are not naive to believe Shah’s promises, pointing out that the Centre has allegedly ‘cheated’ the state for 10 years by failing to fulfil the promises made under the Andhra Reorganisation Act, of 2014.
She said Shah’s claim that the NDA government will support the state and allocate Rs 3 lakh crore to restore its past glory is another example of deception. If Shah truly believes there was devastation under the erstwhile YSRCP regime, central enforcement agencies should probe into the previous government’s deeds, Sharmila said.
Asserting that Jagan and the BJP were equally responsible for the alleged devastation during that period, she accused the YSRCP chief of handing over Andhra Pradesh’s resources to the Adani Group and Narendra Modi. “If the YSRCP regime was a calamity and the past five years devastation, were you (Shah) merely watching as a spectator from Delhi? Weren’t you in power at the Centre during those five years?” she said.
She further questioned Shah whether the Centre was unaware that the state was being governed without capital for five years and that state’s borrowing mounted to Rs 10 lakh crore.
Similarly, the APCC chief asked why Shah, as the Union home minister, remained silent when a campaign was launched at the Delhi level to bring YS Vivekananda Reddy’s murderers to justice. Vivekananda Reddy, the uncle of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, was murdered in the lead-up to the 2019 elections. YSRCP Kadapa MP YS Avinash Reddy is an accused in the case.
