Commemorating the completion of one year in government of the Vasundhara Raje regime in Rajasthan, the NDA announced projects worth Rs 64000 crore to Rajasthan.
While Rs 60000 crore investment will be in the ‘power’ sector, Rs 4000 crore will be used to fund nine new national highway projects.
What’s more, a further Rs 540 crore has been earmarked for the setting up of three solar parks in the state along with the promise that a further Rs 10000 crore would be pumped into Rajasthan in the coming fiscal year for construction of more roads.
Here we have a residuary state of Andhra Pradesh deprived of the revenues of Hyderabad and having to start from scratch all over again!
The recent cyclone ‘Hudhud’ has proved to be a further drain on the finances and most importantly, the ruling Party is an alliance of the NDA at the Center.
Yet, Rajasthan gets huge sops and benefits simply because it is a BJP ruled State, whereas AP to date has not gotten even what was promised constitutionally as per the ‘AP Re-organization Act’.
Despite having two Telugu ministers in the Center, the great Venkayya Naidu and Ashok Gajapathi Raju, what have they got for AP?
Maybe these two honorable ministers should consider a bungee jump into the ‘Ganga’.
