Jagan hands out facts, figures to prove AP's 'rosy' financial condition

Amaravati: Lambasting the Opposition TDP and its friendly media for showing the state's financials in poor light, Chief Minister Y.S Jagan Mohan Reddy gave a presentation showing the facts and figures that prove that Andhra Pradesh is performing better than during the previous government's rule. "A concerted effort is being made by Chandrababu Naidu and his friendly media to show the state in dire straits, comparing it to Sri Lanka. In reality, the growth rate of Andhra Pradesh is very rosy and has been very encouraging," said Jagan on the second day of the Assembly session.

He said that after braving Covid-19, the state went forward balancing welfare and development and the state's performance was far better than the previous government's and even the national average. He gave details of the comparative figures on GDP, loans taken, government guarantees, and other indices to show the financial management which clearly are in favour of the state.

"The people of the state need to know that the budget of the previous government and our government is almost the same but the loans we have taken are less than during Chandrababu Naidu's regime. Why could he not launch the welfare schemes we are implementing?" he asked.

Earlier, industries minister G. Amarnath said the Opposition is trying to spoil the brand image of the state and has been writing to stall the industrial growth in AP.

Four Bills passed

AP Legislative Assembly has passed four Bills, including the Andhra Pradesh Civil Services (Disciplinary Proceedings Tribunal) (repeal) Bill 2022 by voice vote. After the Question Hour, Speaker Tammineni Sitaram took up the Bills that were introduced on the opening day.

Minister for panchayat raj and rural development B. Mutyala Naidu moved the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Bill 2022 which was passed by voice vote. Minister for roads and buildings D. Ramalngeswara Rao tabled the Andhra Pradesh Road Development Corporation (Amendment) Bill 2022 which was passed by voice vote. The Andhra Pradesh Civil Services (Disciplinary Proceedings Tribunal) Repeal) Bills 2022 tabled by agriculture minister Kakani Govardhan Reddy on behalf of the Chief Minister was also passed by voice vote along with Andhra Pradesh (Agriculture Produce and Livestock) Markets (Amendment) Bills 2022.

13 TDP MLAs suspended

Thirteen TDP MLAs were suspended from the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly on the second day of the session. Speaker Tammineni Seetharam suspended the MLAs for stalling the proceedings of the House and insisting on a debate on price rise and taxes. They also raised slogans near the Speaker's podium. After the minister of finance and Legislative Affairs, Buggana Rajendranath Reddy, moved a resolution, the Speaker announced the suspension. When the Speaker directed the TDP members to leave the House, they refused to do so. Marshalls had to be called in to evict the suspended members