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Raw deal to state in budget, says Pulla Rao
Minister for Civil Supplies Prattipati Pulla Rao, on Friday, said the Centre did injustice to the state in the Union Budget for the 2018-19 and there was no priority to the state.
Guntur: Minister for Civil Supplies Prattipati Pulla Rao, on Friday, said the Centre did injustice to the state in the Union Budget for the 2018-19 and there was no priority to the state.
Speaking to the media at ANU, he said, “We have expected priority to the state in the Budget. But there is no priority to the state. The Union Budget is a disappointment. There are no funds allotted for the construction of the state capital, Amaravati.”
He said that the Centre did not initiated steps to fulfill the assurance mentioned in the State Reorganisation Act. He said that the Centre did not mention about a separate railway zone, steel factory at Kadapa, port at Dugarajapatnam in the Budget and did not allot funds for the Polavaram Project. He said that funds allotted to the universities were also not sufficient and added that there was no special package to the state.
He informed that the TDP MPs were also opposing the Union Budget. “We protest against the Union Budget and requested the Centre to extend helping hand to the state. The state government is in the financial crisis. In spite of that, it is implementing welfare schemes and developing the state,” the Minister claimed.
