Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has expressed happiness that the two-day Collectors’ Conference went on well and that five or six more such brainstorming sessions would improve efficiency further, enabling the State to achieve the targeted 15% growth.
He asserted that given the high level of public satisfaction achieved by the government and the efforts being made to sustain the same, the TDP would come to power not only in 2019 but also 2024. Addressing a press conference at the Secretariat on Friday, Mr. Naidu said the ‘regulatory state’ of yesteryear had been replaced by ‘welfare state’ and development should be people-centric to achieve the best possible satisfaction levels. “Our (TDP’s) victory in Nandyal and Kakinada proved that good politics and development will fetch a positive vote. Only good work done by parties will reap the dividends for them. We have seen many elections and have never allowed our single – point agenda, which is the welfare of the masses – to be subverted by our detractors”, he stated.
The Chief Minister said the government’s intention to auction the lands belonging to Sadavarti Choultry was to realise high value for the asset.
Sadavarti issue
He wondered what prevented the YSR Congress Party leaders from taking part in the auction when it was held for the first time if they were really interested in the government getting the revenue instead of politicising the issue later. Mr. Naidu said Anantapur MP J.C. Diwakar Reddy’s offer to resign from his post for purportedly failing to bring water to Tadipatri, was not a big issue, and that he instructed the local officials to take necessary steps for solving the problem. He suggested that it would be proper on his (MP’s) part to get things done by talking to the officials concerned in the government.
‘I eat to live’
Dwelling a bit on what gives him the energy to be always glued to his tasks and be not much tired at the end of the day, Mr. Naidu said: “I eat to live but not the other way round. I start my day with a 45-minute exercise, goal-setting and keep my diet under control. This is what makes me completely focussed,” he observed.
