YSRC Chief Whip in Lok Sabha and Rajamahendravaram MP Margani Bharat has said the party’s MPs would raise their voice in Parliament to get more funds for Andhra Pradesh and highlight other issues of the state.
He said that the YSRC was maintaining friendly relations with the NDA with a view to serving the interests of the people of AP and get funds and other support to the state from the central government.
The chief minister and the party MPs often exerted pressure on the central government and got Rs 10,000 crore of arrears and Rs 12,000 crore for the Polavaram project released.However, the central government is neglecting AP, overall.
“Since the BJP is having sufficient strength at the Centre, it has not considered the other parties’ and their governments’ role in national development.This must change,” he said.
Earlier, regarding the Union Budget MP Bharat has criticised the BJP led Central government.He said that the Budget has “left the people of Andhra Pradesh in the lurch”.
He further commented that, in the nine years since the bifurcation of the state, the Centre has not made much allocation to Andhra Pradesh.If you see, for example, the Polavaram project.
What is the allocation? By 2019-20 the estimate had reached Rs 55,000 crore.It is a very important project for us.But in this budget, the allocation is just Rs 475 crore.This is just one example.
