If the talk going on in the ruling Telugu Desam Party is true, the latest Andhra Pradesh budget introduced by Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu has come a big attraction for a batch of leaders from the YSR Congress party headed by Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.
According to the TDP sources, in the latest budget, the Naidu government announced setting up of a major industrial park at a cost of Rs 23,000 crore, besides a green-field airport at Donakonda in Prakasam district.
It was here that a number of YSR Congress leaders had invested huge amounts in purchase of lands, expecting that the new capital city of Andhra Pradesh would come up at Donakonda, as recommended by Sivaramakrishnan Committee.
However, with Chandrababu Naidu zeroing in on Amarvati region between Vijayawada and Guntur as the capital, all their hopes were shattered and the values of the lands purchased by them had dropped substantially.
Now, with the latest announcement of developmental projects at Donakonda, the YSR Congress batch is said to be too happy, as it would give a lot of scope for them to get back their investments.
Apparently, Naidu had used this masterstroke to woo the Jagan batch and divert their attention from the benami land scam that has surfaced in Amaravati in the recent past!
