The ensuing local body elections in Andhra Pradesh scheduled to be held in February are expected to take a sting out of the ongoing controversy over three capitals, especially shifting of administrative capital from Amaravati to Visakhapatnam.
YSR Congress party government in Andhra Pradesh is learnt to be working out a strategy to divert the attention of the people from the three capitals issue by focussing more on implementing Rythu Bharosa and Amma Vodi schemes more vigorously.
The announcement of distribution of pensions to the beneficiaries at their door step from February 1 is believed to be a master stroke as it would attract the voters in a big way.
So is the case with distribution of ration cards to the people so that they would get essential commodities also directly at their door step.
Minister for municipal administration and urban development Botsa Satyanarayana, who held a preparatory meeting with the officials on the local body elections, instructed the officials to see that the benefits of “Nava Ratnaalu” would reach the people at the earliest.
Botsa urged the officials to complete the construction of houses in towns and cities. He also suggested them to focus on filling the vacancies of secretariat posts.
He ordered officials to send village bvolunteers to the beneficiaries’ houses in next month to distribute the ration cards and pensions. He instructed officials to immediately pay the salaries to secretaries and volunteers.
The voters’ list would be made available for public on the 3rd of next month. She asserted that the Electoral Returning Officer would look after the errors in the voter list.
