•Govt needs to conduct an inquiry into public funds misuse
••Planned one-cent land houses for poor while claiming as their sole leader
Patibandla Srinivas
Amaravati: June 17: Former Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy owes an answer to the people about his big palaces which we could only see in Kingdoms in history. He always said that his rule is a fight between the poor and the rich. He claims he is the only representative of the poorer sections.
But contrary to his dialogues he lived a lavish life and no leader ever spent such huge amount of money for their residential purposes in the past.
It is high time Jagan explained to the public and cadre of the YSR Congress about his rich palaces. According to sources, he is having big palaces in seven different locations across the country including Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, Tadepalli, and abroad too.
No leader could dare to construct such big palaces when living as a political leader in public life. Presently, it is a hot topic how the public money was misused by YS Jagan for his aspirations.
Shockingly, YS Jagan’s government constructed a Raj Mahal model palace on Rishikonda in Vizag city on the lines of replication of forts and palaces of kings in the past. He planned to rule by living on the top of the hill in the model of kings. The State government funds Rs 500 crore was spent for this purpose.
Likewise, the State government spent Rs 50 crore on Tadepalli palace. It is a surprise, how the Chief Minister, who is only a custodian, could spend such a huge public money for his residential purposes.
The whole amount was released by the State government officially. Now the State government has the responsibility to conduct a detailed inquiry into this. The State government should reveal details to the public on the facts of the construction.
Apart from this, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy should explain about his big palaces in other parts of the country.
How could he earn such big money after entering into politics? He implemented one cent of land houses for poorer sections. He claimed that he was only the leader fighting to protect the interests of poorer sections.
If he is a real representative of the poorer section, why does he need a big palace? Why did his government plan a cent land house for the poor during the last five years? It is a common question everyone discusses internally only due to fear of police cases during the last five years of the rule of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.
On the other hand, the State government is not in a position to pay the salaries without approaching the Reserve Bank for funds. Under the financial constraints, the senior IAS officers also did not stop the mismanagement of the funds. Finally, it led to the worst financial conditions.
