Hyderabad: Telugu Desam Party President N Chandrababu Naidu has lashed out at the Centre for pushing Andhra Pradesh into turmoil by dragging its feet on the contentious statehood demand.
He also hinted at the possibility of the state facing mid-term elections because of the ongoing political uncertainty.
"Chaos is reigning in the state...there is a lot of political uncertainty. The Government of India is to be blamed for this," Chandrababu Naidu said, inaugurating a three-day training programme for his party workers at the TDP
headquarters in Hyderabad on Monday.
The government's ulterior motive was to weaken the Telugu Desam by causing political instability in the state, Chandrababu alleged.
"The Congress is seeking to amalgamate the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) with it and thereby weaken the TDP. But its nefarious plans will never work," the TDP chief said.
The former Chief Minister said the Centre could not escape from its responsibility on the statehood issue any longer. "It is baffling why the Centre is unable to take a decision after all the parties have given their views. It is solely responsible for the current turmoil in the state," Chandrababu added.
Hinting that the state might face mid-term elections "anytime now" given the current political uncertainty, he demanded that the state government immediately conducts election to the rural and urban local bodies that were overdue.
"The UPA government is not even thinking about eradicating corruption in the country. It is acting only when the Supreme Court is prodding it," he criticised.
The Congress promised in its election manifesto that it would launch steps to bring back black money stashed in foreign banks but till date nothing has been done, he added. The TDP president reiterated the demand that the Prime Minister too should be brought under the ambit of the proposed Lokpal.
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