TDP ridicules YSRCP leaders for contradictory reaction to Union budget

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh’s main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Thursday ridiculed the ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) for the contradictory stand taken by its leaders on Union Budget 2023-24, which was presented in the Parliament on Wednesday.
Former finance minister and TDP politburo member, Yanamala Ramakerishnudu, pointed out that the state’s Finance Minister, Buggana Rajendranath Reddy, praised the Union budgetary proposals while his party MP, Mithun Reddy, said that it is totally disappointing.
“It is really surprising to know that the YSRCP MPs are boasting themselves that the Union budgetary proposals were prepared after taking their suggestions into consideration,” Ramakrishnudu said.
Are the ruling party MPs not feeling ashamed for not raising their voice, though an injustice has been done to the state in the budget estimates, the former finance minister asked? It is the total negligence of the ruling party for funds having not been allocated for the backward regions of North Andhra and Rayalaseema in the state, he remarked.
“Did you not feel that the allocation of funds that are due for the Central educational institutions is poor and there is no mention of a railway zone for Visakhapatnam, Kadapa steel plant, metro rail project, and the mention of the capital,” Yanamala asked.