YSR Congress has said that TDP Government is in jitters when Leader of Opposition YS Jagan Mohan Reddy had announced his tour programme in the Amaravati capital area region and has resorted to repressive measures though it was found wanting on many counts in land pooling.

Former minister and party leader K Pardhasaradhi strongly condemned that the government has been resorting to repressive measures and has been threatening the people who would be meeting YS Jagan Mohan Reddy during his tour of the capital area on Thursday.

He said that the YSRCP chief would be touring the region to interact with the farmers whose land was forcibly taken away, no compensation was paid or those were being harassed by the government for moving court as they did not want to part with their land.

He accused that the state has bungled at every step in the land pooling system and has taken away fertile land to an extent of 33,000 acres from the farmers though there was forest and barren land available and the move was only to further the business interests of entrepreneurs and not farmers’ welfare.

He alleged that the criticism on Jaganmohan Reddy’s visit was only to cover-up the failures of the Government and the voice gets louder whenever the Leader of Opposition takes up a tour. “The government has assured that it would give pensions, interest-free loans and other such assurances while taking away the land but not a single promise was fulfilled. Chandrababu Nadu has no respect for laws and court verdicts and his only priority to make sure that his coterie benefits at the cost of the farmer,” he added,

He said that his party chief will be touring the area to give moral support and take up the cause of the farmers who are affected in the land pooling and YSR Congress is not against development and the State should shun from repressive measures.