No promises made by opposition leader for development of Machilipatnam was fulfilled: YSRCP leader

Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 13 : YSRCP leader Perni Venkataramaiah (N) lashed out at TDP Chief N Chandrababu Naidu for ignoring his promises of developing Machilipatnam on all fronts during his regime and making baseless allegations about the State Government while it is taking steps to lay foundation stone for Machilipatnam Port in May, besides taking up other development activities.

Addressing the media at Party Central Office here on Thursday, YSRCP leader Venkataramaiah listed out the slew of promises made by the TDP Chief during the 2014 elections for the development of Machilipatnam including the construction of Machilipatnam Port, the establishment of IT compes, prawns Industry and agriculture allied industries, housing for poor, construction of new railway line between Machilipatnam and Repalle.

''None of the promises made by the opposition leader for the development of Machilipatnam was fulfilled and on what credibility Naidu visited Machilipatnam without keeping up his promises'', Venkataramaiah questioned and dared him for an open debate to discuss the welfare and development done for Machilipatnam during YSRCP ruling Government and previous TDP regime.

Highlighting the welfare done by YSRCP for Machilipatnam, Venkataramaiah said, "The state government is going to construct the Machilipatnam Port within the lands owned by the government without giving any scope for land acquisition from the farmers."

"Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is likely to lay the foundation stone for the works during mid of May which will come into operation in the next two years with four berths capacity. Apart from that the state government has also given house sites for over 25,000 people in and around Machilipatnam and power subsidies and drinking water facilities for gold-covering industry workers", he said.

Reacting to the remarks made by Telangana IT Minister KT Rama Rao on the Centre for backing its proposal to privatize the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant with the involvement of his government, the former minister said, "It was Chief Minister who had initially written to the Centre to allocate captive mines to the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant and opposed the strategic disinvestment of the steel plant, besides suggesting several alternatives to bail out it from losses."