The YSR Congress has opposed the Chandrababu Naidu government’s decision to develop the start-up area in the capital Amaravati under Swiss Challenge method.
The Kelkar Committee appointed by the Union government had suggested ‘discouraging’ Swiss Challenge for lack of transparency and adopting it would result in loss, party senior leader Botcha Satyanarayana said here on Wednesday.
The Kelkar Committee recommendations were communicated to State governments. “We oppose and condemn the TDP government going ahead with the Swiss Challenge method in spite of opposition from intellectuals and various parties. Instead it should opt for competitive global tenders,” Mr. Satyanarayana told reporters.
Even YSRC was for having a beautiful capital with all amenities but could not support adopting Swiss Challenge as it would result in virtual loot at the cost of the State resources, he said.
He charged the government with not having a policy on providing remunerative price to any crop and effective market intervention coming to the rescue of beleaguered farmers. Earlier it used to be one or two crops on account of which farmers faced problems but now from tomato to mango and turmeric to chilli, farmers’ predicament was the same, he said.He rebutted Mr. Chandrababu Naidu’s criticism against him in the Volkswagen fraud stating a CBI inquiry was ordered into it. But Mr. Naidu was stalling all inquiries against him seeking legal recourse, he said. Former MLA Tyanala Vijay Kumar, Vamsikrishna Srinivas, Kola Guruvulu, T. Nagi Reddy and P. Usha Kiran were among those present.
