TDP questions Rs one kilo rice scheme

Telugu Desam Parliamentary Party Leader Nama Nageswara Rao on Thursday stated that the state government was cheating the poor and middle class people by promising to give a kilogram of rice for just one rupee.

Talking to media persons after paying tributes to party leader Damacharla Anjaneyulu on his death anniversary, Nageswara rao condemned the Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy for announcing a scheme to cheat people. He asked the Chief Minister to explain the logic as to how Rs 1 a kg rice was possible when the price of rice in the open market costs around Rs 35 a kg. He demanded that the Chief Minister release a white paper on collection of taxes from various departments and how it was spent for the welfare of people.

Stating that the financial position of State Government was not sound for implementation of such populist schemes, he asked the government to take concrete measures for the welfare of people.

Another Tdp senior leader Varla Ramaiah demanded that the Central Bureau of Investigation seize the properties of YSR Congress Party president Jaganmohan Reddy, against whom the disproportionate assets case is going on.