TDP promises to cost Rs 20,000 crore

Hold your breath, it requires more than Rs 20,000 crore a year to implement Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu’s promises to the people, if his party comes to power in the next elections.

And this was admitted by Naidu himself. However, he says it is not difficult to mobilise funds for the same. “The State government’s revenue has gone up to Rs 70,000 crore a year in the last 10 years.

And it is going by 15-20 per cent every year. Taking this increased revenue into account, it is not difficult to fund the schemes we are proposing,” he said.

Naidu says if corruption is removed and there is a proper channelisation of resources, the schemes can be easily implemented. He recalled an incident of a woman complaining to him during his recent tour in Vizianagaram district that she was not getting even 5 per cent of the promised pension, since the remaining amount was being knocked away by middlemen and local leaders. “If we can avoid this kind of corruption, we can easily implement our schemes,” he said.