PRP, TDP pick holes in speech

The Praja Rajyam party chief, Mr K. Chiranjeevi, said that the development which the Congress is boasting about has not reached the poor. Describing the Governor’s speech in the Assembly as an “eye-wash”, Mr Chiranjeevi demanded an answer from the ruling party for the rising prices of essential commodities and about 7,500 farmers suicides in the last five years.

“If the Congress is really confident about development, it should also explain why rice costs Rs 35 a kg and why farmers are still continuing to commit suicide. The Governor’s speech did not focus on the real issues of the people,” Mr Chiranjeevi said.

The Telugu Desam leader, Mr P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Mr Ravula Chandrasekar Reddy, Mr Nagam Janardan Reddy were surprised that the Women’s Reservation Bill was not mentioned in the Governor’s speech.