Jagan completed five months as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on October 30 (today).
He took oath as CM as May 30 after registering landslide victory in Assembly polls in May.
Jagan always used to criticise previous AP CM N Chandrabababu Naidu as “U-turn Babu” saying that Babu always take U-turns after making tall claims.
But Jagan has earned the name of “U-turn CM” within five months.
Jagan took U-turns on two major issues within five months.
The first U-turn is on Amaravathi capital city.
Jagan as YSRCP chief and Leader of Opposition announced several times in public that YSRCP will stick to Amaravathi as capital city, if it comes to power.
In fact, when Jagan visited Vijayawada as part of his padayatra in April 2018, he promised that Amaravathi will continue as capital, if YSRCP is elected to power.
Even in the YSRCP’s plenary meeting, Jagan categorically stated that Amaravathi, which is between Vijayawada and Guntur, will remain as AP’s new capital.
To give more clarity to people on YSRCP’s commitment for Amaravathi, Jagan talked about capital jurisdiction area between Vijayawada and Guntur to send a strong message that Amaravathi capital city will be built as it is without changing the boundaries and without shifting to other area.
But soon after he became CM, Jagan started anti-Amaravathi campaign.
He deputed his ministers to talk negative about Amaravathi and give indications of his government plans to shift AP capital city from Amaravathi to some other place.
Now, he appointed one more committee to make recommendations on new capital.
Is it not a U-turn made by Jagan on Amaravathi capital city?
The second U-turn pertains to Rythu Bharosa. Before Assembly polls, Jagan announced that he will pay Rs 12,500 per year to each farmer under Rythu Bharosa without any restrictions.
After coming to power, he linked the scheme to Centre’s Kisan Samman Yojana and reduced state government’s contribution besides imposing several restrictions in the selection of beneficiaries.
With Jagan’s U-turn, Rythu Bharosa has now turned into “Rythu Tamasha”.
It remains to be seen how many U-turns Jagan will take before completing his full five-year term.
