Vijayawada, Oct 18 (UNI) The TDP supremo and Chief Minister, Nara Chandrababu Naidu, on Friday told the senior leaders of the party that the TDP never starved for power but always strived for the well-being of the nation and the State.
“We have played a very crucial role in national politics and emerged as a strong outfit. When the country was in deep crisis the TDP played a key role in bringing the nation out of the mess,” Naidu told a meeting of TDP MPs, MLAs, MLCs, party in-charges, and other senior leaders at a meeting convened at the TDP headquarters in Mangalagiri where he gave them the roadmap on several issues.
The TDP supremo told the party leaders to move ahead after reviewing their functioning on the welfare measures initiated in the past 125 days.
Since the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is in power both at the Centre and in the State, the Chief Minister said that efforts should be made to fulfill the aspirations of the people besides maintaining close coordination among the alliance partners. The party activists had suffered a lot in the past five years and made several sacrifices to stand by the party, the TDP supremo admitted and is of the firm opinion that the previous government has completely damaged all the systems causing total destruction to the State.
“Even the Central funds have been diverted and no auditing in any wing of the government. As we are asking for Central funds now the Union Government is seeking utilisation certificates (UCs). The Rs 990 crore funds due for panchayats have been diverted which resulted in a loss of Rs 1200 crore due to the State,” Chandrababu regretted and said that since the present Government has cleared the Rs 990 CRF dues the State is soon getting the funds amounting to Rs 1200 crore which are meant for panchayats.
