Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) has sought de-recognition of Telugu Desam Party on the ground that it has failed to fulfil pre-poll promises made in the election manifesto.
A delegation of APCC leaders led by N. Raghuveera Reddy met Chief Electoral Officer Bhanwarlal and submitted a memorandum to this effect.
The memorandum said “we implore you to please give necessary directives to the TDP to implement all promises. If they still fail to fulfil their promises listed in the manifesto, we request you to de-recognise TDP and uphold the hallowed democratic values”. It also urged the CEO to explore various actions that could be taken, including booking of criminal cases under IPC and Representation of People’s Act for “deception”.
It said TDP made 600 promises in its 50-page manifesto. “The fact is not a shred of any page has been implemented and the people, who elected them believing that these promises would be fulfilled, stand deceived and hopeless”.
Citing examples, the memorandum referred to the promise of farm loan waiver and the subsequent announcement of Debt Redemption Scheme, “which is nothing but a thorough dilution of the basic promise”.
It said the Debt Redemption Scheme has literally reduced the number of farm loans that need to be serviced. It also referred to other promises such as loan waiver to DWCRA groups, closure of belt shops, setting up of agro-processing centres in each district, market intervention fund and market stabilisation fund, smart phones to women, iPads and tablet PCs to college students.
