Vijayawada: Despite facing severe financial constraints with more than 10 lakh crore debt inherited from the previous YSRCP govt, the NDA govt in the state fulfilled 85% of the ‘Super Six’ promises in the first year in office, said Kolusu Pardasarathy, the minister for housing, information and public relations.“While the previous govt gave an average of 30,000 per family, we provided Rs 1.04 lakh per family through the Super Six,” he said.Drawing parallels between the previous YSRCP and NDA govt, Pardasarathy said that former chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy cheated the mothers by giving financial assistance to only one child. “But we kept our promise of giving financial assistance to all children, and the money was already deposited into the accounts of mothers,” he said.Taking on the YSRCP leaders who alleged that the minister for education Nara Lokesh was pocketing 2,000 each from Talliki Vandanam beneficiary, Pardasarathy dared them to respond to the challenge of Lokesh. He said that the opposition is resorting to false propaganda in a desperate attempt to stay relevant. Explaining other welfare schemes, the housing minister said that there is no match to the NDA govt. He said that under the NTR Bharosa Pension, 34,000 crore was given in just one year. Under the Annadata Sukhibhava, financial assistance will be given to farmers, he said.“Besides welfare schemes, the NDA govt is committed to development and creation of job opportunities for the youth. Due to the troubles caused by the previous govt, investors fled to neighbouring states. We restored their confidence, and the result is before everyone’s eyes as we sign MoUs for 10 lakh crore investments, which can create 5.7 lakh jobs,” he said, adding that state govt is working with a target to create 20 lakh jobs by 2029 .
