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Hans India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Hans India
YSRCP terms free bus scheme as fraud
Guntur: The coalition government's free bus scheme is a blatant scam, ruthlessly deceiving women under the guise of free travel, said YSRCP state official spokesperson Putha Siva Shankar Reddy. During a media interaction at the party's central office in Tadepalli on Monday, he lambasted the GO's restrictive conditions, which starkly contradict pre-election promises by leaders like Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, and Minister for HRD Nara Lokesh, who vowed seamless, cost-free journeys across the state, including to pilgrimage sites. 'With limitations to only five bus types—Palle Velugu, Ultra Palle Velugu, City Ordinary, Express, and Metro Express, excluding non-stop, inter-state, Saptagiri Express, Ultra Deluxe, Super Luxury, Star Liner, and all AC services, how can women feasibly visit sacred places like Tirumala without endless bus changes and days of travel,' Reddy questioned, highlighting the scheme's impracticality for long-distance or inter-district routes.
The Hindu
2 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
YSRCP slams free bus scheme as ‘fraud on women'
VIJAYAWADA: The coalition government's so-called free bus travel scheme is nothing more than a ''blatant scam designed to deceive women'', alleged YSRCP State official spokesperson Putha Siva Shankar Reddy. At a press meet at the party's central office at Tadepalli near here on Monday, he accused the government of imposing ''conditions that run counter to the pre-poll promises made by Chandrababu Naidu, Pawan Kalyan, and Nara Lokesh who had assured women of seamless, cost-free journeys across Andhra Pradesh, including to pilgrimage destinations''. Mr. Reddy said the scheme covers only five bus categories — Palle Velugu, Ultra Palle Velugu, City Ordinary, Express, and Metro Express — while excluding non-stop, inter-State services, Saptagiri Express, Ultra Deluxe, Super Luxury, Star Liner, and all AC buses. 'With such limitations, how can women visit Tirumala without multiple bus changes and days of travel?' he asked, adding that the plan is impractical for long-distance and inter-district journeys. Despite having 15 months to prepare, the scheme falls short of successful models in Karnataka and Telangana, Reddy said, calling it evidence of the government's incompetence and intent to 'cheat women rather than empower them.' He challenged Transport Minister Ramprasad Reddy to explain 'how many bus changes and days it would take to travel from Srikakulam to Tirupati under these rules.' He criticised the government for ''targeting the Sakshi media group for exposing'', what he called, 'this fraud.' Mr. Reddy urged women to recognise the betrayal, warning that 'true welfare means unrestricted access, not hollow promises crafted to fail.'
