Nothing new in PM Modis Kurnool speech; provides no tangible profit to Andhra Pradesh: CPI(M)

The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPIM) has stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech in Kurnool contained nothing new and supplied no tangible profit to Andhra Pradesh, accusing each the Centre and the State Government of indulging in “mutual reward and empty rhetoric.”

Addressing a press convention in Vijayawada on Friday (October 17, 2025), CPI(M) State Secretary V. Srinivasa Rao stated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech was nothing however a political present to please the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and justify their alliance. “Merely talking in Telugu doesn’t quantity to the event of Andhra Pradesh,” he stated.

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Accusing each governments of ignoring regional aspirations, he recalled that the BJP’s 2018 declaration, introduced in Kurnool, had pledged ₹20,000 crore for the area’s growth, institution of a second State capital and High Court Bench in Rayalaseema, and no less than one Assembly session per yr within the area. “The BJP is in energy each on the Centre and within the State, but none of those guarantees have been honoured,” he stated, terming the declaration a “political drama.”

The CPIM chief famous that neither Mr. Modi nor Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu talked about the Kadapa Steel plant or the Rayalaseema package deal promised within the BJP’s 2018 “Rayalaseema Declaration.” “Despite pledges for a ₹20,000 crore package deal, a second State capital and a High Court Bench in Rayalaseema, none of those commitments had been fulfilled,” he stated.

Mr. Srinivasa Rao criticised the federal government’s claims on GST discount, saying the per capita profit was solely 4 paise a day, or about ₹1,600 a yr, whereas costs of necessities, energy tariffs, and gas continued to rise. “Both the Centre and the State had remained silent on the losses Andhra Pradesh suffered below the GST regime,” he stated.

He additional accused the federal government of favouring corporates by providing ₹22,000 crore in subsidies to Google and gifting helpful land to TCS, which had just lately laid off 20,000 workers. “The much-hyped Google Data Centre was launched three years in the past and was being “repackaged as a brand new undertaking” to say credit score,” he identified.

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Accusing each State and Central Governments of surrendering nationwide pursuits to international firms, he stated the Modi authorities has created Adanis, not Google or Microsoft. “The slogan of Atmanirbhar Bharat has change into a façade for privatising public property,” he alleged, urging folks to carry each the BJP and the TDP accountable for neglecting Rayalaseema’s growth wants.

The CPIM chief additionally condemned the arrests of protesters in the course of the Prime Minister’s go to, terming the police motion “undemocratic and high-handed.” He demanded ₹50 lakh compensation for the household of Arjun, who reportedly died in the course of the public assembly in Kurnool. “Mr. Srinivasa Rao criticised the arrest of Suggali Preeti’s mom, who has been looking for justice for her daughter, and questioned the silence of Deputy Chief Minister and Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan over the difficulty,” he added.