Bharatiya Janata Party legislator P Vishnu Kumar Raju on Thursday made fun of the huge expenditure incurred on the luxuries provided in the palatial bungalow at Rushikonda palace for the official residence-cum-camp office of former chief minister and YSR Congress party president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Raju had earlier obtained information from the authorities over the expenditure incurred on each item provided in the Rushikonda palace and he explained in detail about each item in the state assembly, which made the members burst into laughter.
The BJP leader explained that the previous government had spent Rs 11.50 lakh for a single western commode in the bathroom meant for usage by Jagan, with a hope that he would come back to power.
“Before taking bath, anybody will go for toilet. So, when I came to know about the cost of the toilet, I was shocked. I asked the authorities why a commode will cost so much money. They told him it is an automatic commode,” he said, sending the other members into peels of laughter.
Raju went on to explain what the authorities told him that about the automatic commode.
“I was told one doesn’t have use one’s hands after defaecation. All that one has to do is to sit on the commode and relieve himself. Rest of the cleaning will be done by the commode. That is what Jagan wanted to do,” he said.
He pointed out that the Rushikonda palace was built at a cost of Rs 451 crore, at the rate of Rs 28,096 per square feet.
“Yet, this gentleman said his fight was between poor (Jagan) and the affluent (NDA leaders). This is atrocious. There is nothing wrong if Jagan is sent to jail for this lavish expenditure,” he said.
