Andhra Pradesh: RBI’s decision to pull out ₹2,000 notes will check corruption, says Naidu
The Hindu
Telugu Desam Party supremo Chandrababu Naidu has alleged that Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy is out to destroy both Visakhapatnam and Amaravati
TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu has welcomed the Reserve Bank of India’s decision to withdraw the ₹2,000 denomination banknotes from circulation, and has described it as a very good sign.
I had submitted a report on digital currency sometime ago, and the RBI’s latest move would certainly check corruption, Mr. Naidu said while addressing a public meeting at Anakapalli, near here, as part of his ongoing ‘Idemi kharma mana rashtraniki’ programme, on May 19 (Friday) night.
Mr. Naidu said that certain politicians were trying to win the elections by distributing money to the voters, and ₹2,000 notes were playing a major role in this. “Now, this will be checked to a great extent,” he added.
Observing that the prices of all commodities, LPG, and petroleum products were going through the roof, and if anyone raised their voice against it false cases were being foisted against them, he alleged.
Stating that he was committed to developing Visakhapatnam as an IT and tourism hub and promoting the city as financial capital, besides building Amaravati as the capital of the State, the former Chief Minister alleged that Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy was out to destroy both Visakhapatnam and Amaravati.
Referring to the ‘Anakapalli Jaggery’, he promised to revive the past glory of the jaggery market if the TDP was voted to power in the State. He also promised to complete the Uttarandhra Sujala Sravanthi and Polavaram projects, and bring Godavari waters to north Andhra.
While residents are worried over deaths due to diarrhoea in Vijayawada, officials still grapple to find the root cause. Contaminated drinking water supplied by VMC officials is the reason, insist people in the affected areas, but officials insist that efforts are on to identify the disease and that those with symptoms other than diarrhoea too are visiting the health camps.