YSRCP levelling baseless allegations on Talliki Vandanam scheme, says Anantapur MP
Speaking to media persons along with the TDP district president Venkata Sivudu Yadav here on Monday, Mr. Lakshminarayana said the NDA government had fulfilled another Super Six promise of financial assistance to every school going children in a house. 'Unable to digest the NDA government fulfilling its promise, the YSRCP and its leader Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy are leveling baseless allegations that ₹2,000 from every beneficiary is going into the pockets of Mr. Lokesh. Even as Mr. Lokesh challenged them to prove the allegations, they have not done so. The previous government also gave ₹13,000 financial assistance under Amma Vodi. Does it mean the remaining ₹2,000 went into the pockets of Mr, Jagan Mohan Reddy?' he questioned.
Mr. Lakshminarayana said while there were only 42 lakh beneficiaries under Amma Vodi, the Chandrababu Naidu-led government is giving financial assistance to 67.27 lakh students under Talliki Vandanam scheme. He said the Jagan Mohan Reddy government gave financial assistance to only one child in a household while the NDA government has not put any such rider. 'We have assured to implement the scheme before the start of the academic year and we have fulfilled it,' he said.
Mr. Lakshminarayana said students from 29.82 lakh BC students, 11.76 lakh SC, 4.26 lakh ST, 8.44 lakh EWS and 66,500 minority students will benefit from the scheme. He said the previous government had spent just ₹5,000 crore on Amma Vodi while the present government is spending nearly ₹10,000 crore on Talliki Vandanam for the bright future of the students.
'While the State government is implementing the scheme in a transparent manner, Mr. Jagan is making baseless allegations. It is Mr. Jagan who had taken commissions in purchase of chikkis and eggs meant for schoolchildren,' he alleged.
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