Both YSRCP and TDP are equally harmful forces, alleges Congress chief Thulasi Reddy

Congress celebration’s chief spokesperson N. Thulasi Reddy on Sunday launched a pointy assault on each the YSRCP and the TDP-led coalition authorities, calling them equally harmful forces.

Addressing the media in Vijayawada, Mr. Thulasi Reddy mentioned the YSRCP authorities had left the State buried in debt, crime, liquor, medication, and hashish, whereas the present coalition authorities made issues even worse by taking file loans of ₹1.5 lakh crore in 16 months and burdening electrical energy customers with ₹15,480 crore in surcharges.

He condemned the federal government’s liquor coverage of “4 outlets and 40 belt outlets per mandal,” and mentioned the menace of playing and medicines was spreading in faculties. He mentioned the federal government didn’t implement the Super Six welfare guarantees, together with unemployment advantages, assist for ladies, and early pensions for marginalised teams. Farmers had been struggling on account of low crop costs, excessive fertilizer prices and urea scarcity, Mr. Thulasi Reddy mentioned.

The Congress chief additionally criticised the privatisation of presidency medical schools, saying it will deprive the poor however meritorious college students of entry to medical schooling, and added that the Aarogyasri well being scheme had fully collapsed. Over ₹6,400 crore in charge reimbursement and scholarship dues remained unpaid, he added.

He mentioned the TDP’s ‘Red Book’ and YSRCP’s ‘Digital Book’ had been each burning the State, and went on to assert that Congress was the one celebration that may guarantee growth and welfare in Andhra Pradesh.