TDP Never Craved For Power, Strives For People Welfare: Naidu

Amaravati: TDP supremo and Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday told the senior leaders of the party that the TDP never craved for power but always strived for the well-being of the nation and the State.

“We have played a very crucial role in national politics and emerged as a strong outfit. When the country was in deep crisis the TDP played a key role to bring the nation out of the mess,” he said at a meeting of TDP MPs, MLAs, MLCs, party in-charges and other senior leaders at a meeting convened at the party headquarters at Mangalagiri where he gave them the roadmap on several issues. The TDP supremo told the party leaders to move ahead after reviewing their functioning on the welfare measures initiated in the past 125 days. Since the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is in power both at the Centre and in the State, the Chief Minister said that efforts should be made to fulfill the aspirations of the people besides maintaining close coordination among the alliance partners.

The party activists had suffered a lot in the past five years and made several sacrifices to stand by the party, the TDP supremo admitted and is of the firm opinion that the previous government has completely damaged all the systems causing total destruction to the State.

“Even the Central funds have been diverted and no auditing in any wing of the government. As we are asking for Central funds now the Union Government is seeking utilisation certificates (UCs). The Rs990 crore-funds due for panchayats have been diverted which resulted in a loss of Rs.1200 crore due to the State,” Naidu said.