Naidu slams YSRC govt for spending over Rs 15 Cr on CM's House

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Press Trust of India Amaravati
Last Updated : Nov 07 2019 | 8:15 PM IST

Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday attacked the YSR Congress government for allegedly splurging Rs 15.65 crore of public money on Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy's "palatial home", drawing a sharp reaction from the ruling party.

The former chief minister alleged that huge amount of money was spent by the government for Jagan's residence when the State was facing a financial crisis.

Naidu also slammed Jagan over his "five months' misrule" and said the "Nero of Andhra Pradesh" is busy playing video-games at his residence.

"When Rome burned, Nero fiddled. When AP is burning under financial strain due to 5 months misrule & construction workers are ending lives, the Nero of AP @ysjagan is busy playing video-games at his palatial home on which a staggering Rs 15.65 Cr (sic) was spent by the Govt.

Shocking!" he tweeted.

The Leader of Opposition posted a snapshot of government orders purportedly issued for the expenditure.

On Wednesday, the TDP chief had alleged that the state government allotted "a whopping Rs 73 lakh to fix windows for his (Jagan's) house."
"If Rs 73 lakh expenditure, for windows fixed for security purposes is super expensive, what should the Rs 5 lakh spending on shifting a UPS from one floor to the other inside his (Naidu's) house (be) called?

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First Published: Nov 07 2019 | 8:15 PM IST

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