Jagan accuses CM Naidu of ‘misleading’ people over Amaravati project

YSRCP Supremo Jagan Mohan Reddy accused Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu of misleading people over the Amaravati capital project for personal scams.

YSRCP Supremo Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday accused Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu of ''misleading'' people in the name of the Amaravati capital project for his ''scams,'' despite knowing that the project was unviable as basic infrastructure alone would cost Rs 2 lakh crore.

Addressing a press conference at the YSRCP central office in Tadepalli, the former chief minister alleged that Naidu was creating ''false impressions'' about the capital city project and undermining the possibility of building a permanent capital.

''Despite knowing that the Rs 2 lakh crore project cannot be implemented, Naidu is creating false impressions about the capital city for his scams and cheating people,'' Reddy said.

Alleging that claims of a self-financing capital had collapsed, the opposition leader asserted that the TDP-led coalition government had so far borrowed Rs 47,387 crore for the greenfield capital city and earmarked another Rs 9,200 crore in the budget.

The YSRCP chief further alleged that the Naidu-led government was neglecting public welfare to indulge in ''rampant corruption and loot,'' turning the state into a ''mafia kingdom'' and ''jungle raj.''.

Nearly two years after the TDP-led coalition government came to power, Reddy claimed that people had seen no tangible benefits from Naidu's rule.

Amid what he described as continuing ''indiscriminate corruption and loot'' in the state, Reddy alleged that Naidu was resorting to ''diversionary politics''.

There was no immediate reaction from the TDP.