Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu appears to be diluting the pet scheme of former CM Y S Rajasekhar Reddy – providing free power to farmers, by linking it to the Aadhar card.
It is learnt that the TDP government wants to reduce the number of beneficiaries of the free agriculture power supply scheme by linking it to Aadhar cards.
The proposed move will downsize pump sets by 40 % which will be a blow to rural economy and will further add misery to the already burdened farmer.
YSR Congress party on Thursday demanded that the TDP government withdraw its proposal to link free power scheme with Aadhar cards.
The party said that it would stand by the farmers in the protest against such anti-people policies.
“The government’s proposal is against the Supreme Court ruling that no welfare scheme should be linked with Aadhar card but the TDP Government is trying to downsize the welfare measures to fit the meager budgetary allocations by indiscriminately cutting down the number of beneficiaries,” party spokesperson Vasireddy Padma told reporters here on Thursday.
The anti-farmer policy of the State Government will be questioned and will be taken up at the December 5 dharna at Collector offices state wide along with other anti-people policies of the State, she said.
She alleged that the TDP government was using Aadhar card as a weapon to reduce the number of beneficiaries of welfare schemes and after Chandrababu Naidu has taken over 10 lakh pension cards and 23 lakh ration cards were cancelled on some pretext or the other causing insecurity among various sections of the people.
