CHANDRABABU NAIDU ‘1.O’ Chief Minister (first term) completes 30 years 

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CHANDRABABU NAIDU ‘1.O’ Chief Minister (first term) completes 30 years 

Emerged as Brand for development— Now only hope for AP’s future *Dropout in economics doctorate *Several youth did doctorates on his life  Patibandla Srinivas ([email protected])  Nara Chandrababu Naidu…

Emerged as Brand for development— Now only hope for AP’s future

*Dropout in economics doctorate

*Several youth did doctorates on his life 

Patibandla Srinivas

([email protected]

Nara Chandrababu Naidu sworn in as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on September 1 in 1995 almost 30 years ago first time in his political career at the age of 45 amidst a big political controversy. It is a most memorable and hardest experience in his life. He took oath as Chief Minister when the MLAs of TDP revolted against the party founder NT Rama Rao who is also father in law to him. He became a Chief Minister when the political crisis prevailed with in the TDP and also in Andhra Pradesh politics.

He successfully overcame the hurdles with his hard work and vision and finally got an approval from both the party cadre and public as a successor of NT Rama Rao. Especially he created wonders in the development of Hyderabad city and IT sector. Interestingly Chandrababu Naidu again overcame the challenges and took oath as Chief Minister in the recent elections almost three months ago amidst worsen political conditions like in 1995. Then Chandrababu Naidu started Janmabhoomi programme by connecting the people to mother land at grass-roots up to villages in one hand simultaneously created wonders in Hyderabad city welcoming IT revolution in cities. He got a recognition for development and icon for youth in his first two terms from 1995 to 2004. Still the people recollect Chandrababu Naidu’s past tenure by calling him as CBN 1.O.        

Nara Chandrababu Naidu started his career almost 46 years ago with a good start as an MLA at the age of 28 but still he remains hope for the economic development of Andhra Pradesh. He completed Golden Jubilee 75 years on April 20 this year.

Several States and Countries are witnessing new developments with the involvement of new leaders but still Chandrababu Naidu is one and only solution for AP development. Still the future development of Andhra Pradesh is on the shoulders of Chandrababu Naidu.

Ironically the State is defamed especially in the development sector while doubts are raised on the future for the last five years. Chandrababu Naidu has remained a hope for future generations. He created the new city Cyberabad in Hyderabad by laying the foundation for unprecedented development and wealth creation.

As a result, Hyderabad created a new history as a model in the entire country. Surprisingly Hyderabad got global exposure as the world’s second fastest-growing city during Chandrababu’s tenure in a competition with China’s Shanghai City. Especially he successfully launched the IT industry, Outer Ring Road (ORR), the Internationational Airport, the International Business School, Flyovers, Genom valley (where the vaccine was invented), other infra and ecosystems and engineering colleges across the State to create abundant wealth and lakhs of jobs.

As a result, the youth of the State shifted their passion towards education. Since then the young graduates of the State started going to various countries on a large scale while their families witnessed huge economic growth. It is the reason, lakhs of techies staged protests across the globe when he was arrested.

Indeed, he has been very much interested in economics since his college days. He completed his post-graduation in economics from Sri Venkateswara University in 1974 and started his Ph.D on the Economic Ideas of Dr N G Ranga. He did not complete his Ph.D due to his main interest in politics. But he continued his focus on the economic growth of the public throughout his political life. Still, he always says wealth creation and a society sans poverty are his aims. At the age of 75 also he still works almost 15 hours in daily life. He strictly follows a diet plan, yoga, and hard work every day with discipline.   

Interestingly he could not complete his doctorate but several postgraduates did Ph.Ds on his personal life especially economic policies and development model plans. He proved to be a brand ambassador for development by implementing his complete vision in Hyderabad and now Andhra Pradesh is waiting for such kind of model development amidst the worst conditions.    

The State began its new journey with plenty of challenges after the state bifurcation in 2014 but then Chief Minister Naidu created a path by finalising plans to compete with the international-level model capital city. He showed the new model to the country and sets a record by collecting 33,000 acres of land from farmers under an innovative land pooling system unprecedented in the country for capital construction. The State of Andhra Pradesh was separated from Telangana with Rs 1 lakh crore debts and no capital city for the state. But he created 10,000 acres of land share for Andhra Pradesh government as part of land pooling which equals almost Rs 1 lakh crore to Rs 10 lakh crore based on the future developments. 

During the five years up to 2019, the state stood at the top position in growth parameters. Especially Andhra stood in first place in the investment sector beating the Telangana state though it has established an investment hub in Hyderabad.     

Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s previous stint KIA Motors started its manufacturing unit in Anantapur. Now the district has got recognition as a car manufacturing industrial hub.

Similarly, IT giant HCL and automobile company Ashok Leyland started their units in Krishna district following the request of Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu.

Likewise, several entrepreneurs and national and international level companies made plans to start their establishment plans.

In 2014, the people of the present Andhra Pradesh state voted for the Telugu Desam believing N Chandrababu Naidu would develop the state in the Hyderabad model. He was elected as first Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh after the State bifurcation.

Even though he made several plans and launched several companies but people did not extend their support in the 2019 elections due to various reasons including Goebbles campaign.

The state lost several development projects. Moreover, the future of youth, economic development, and debts of AP is a debatable topic in the entire Telugu-speaking community.  

However, still he has a good reputation in the entire business and political circles across the country. He worked as NDA convenor in the previous BJP-led government in the Centre while gaining the appreciation of the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Deputy Prime Minister Advani. Similarly, he supported the economic policies of the then Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao. Once former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also appreciated commenting that Chandrababu Naidu is an asset to the nation. Indeed, he took part in the selection of Prime Ministers and Presidents of India during his active role in national politics. He did not take up the Prime Minister’s position though he had an opportunity to lead the country. Presently he concentrated only on state development and he is only the hope for the development of the State. 

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