Jagan slams Naidu over urea scam, alleges Rs 250 crore fertiliser fraud

YSRCP leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddy accused CM Chandrababu Naidu of creating an artificial urea shortage, leading to a Rs 250 crore scam. He criticised the 'Super Six' celebration, alleged privatisation of medical colleges, and failure to fulfil election promises

Amaravati: Lashing out at Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu for the “shortage” in urea supply to farmers, YSRCP chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy on Wednesday alleged that the artificial scarcity of the fertiliser has resulted in a scam of Rs 200-250 crore.

Addressing a press conference, Jagan claimed that the police issued notices to the YSRCP leaders, threatening to register cases against them if they participated in the protests organised by his party on Tuesday.

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Alleging that farmers are not receiving adequate support prices for their produce in the State, Reddy said it has driven them to “suicide”. “It is evident that the fertiliser is being diverted to the black market, creating scarcity. With the encouragement and involvement of Chandrababu Naidu, its sale in the black market has turned into a scam worth Rs 200 to Rs 250 crore. The ill-gotten money is being distributed from the top to the bottom (of the leadership),” the former CM alleged.

Listing out the prices of various commodities, he claimed that the previous YSRCP government had always intervened and supported farmers when prices dropped. Referring to the state government’s decision to develop 10 medical colleges under the PPP model, Jagan alleged that government assets were being sold for peanuts by Naidu’s administration.

On the alleged privatisation of medical colleges, he said the YSRCP vowed to oppose it and criticised the NDA coalition government’s ‘Super Six’ celebrations as a forced revelry.

According to Jagan, the Naidu-led government was handing over public medical institutions to private players for kickbacks, undermining the healthcare system and exploiting the poor. “We will join hands with all like-minded people and organisations to resist this move. If the TDP-led government does not roll back the decision, we will reverse it after returning to power.”

Jagan called the ‘Super Six’ meet a “flop” and likened it to a celebratory event for ‘unfulfilled promises that betrayed the people’. The former Chief Minister sought to know why key promises such as unemployment stipend and women’s welfare schemes were missing from the celebrations.

“Super Six has turned out to be a super flop. It is a show to cover up failures, betrayals, and corruption. People were promised much, but got nothing,” he said. Jagan further claimed that the coalition had borrowed Rs 2 lakh crore since assuming office without accountability and accused it of “widespread corruption” in sand, liquor, mining, and land deals.

He alleged that several welfare programmes initiated during the previous YSRCP government were sidelined, leaving vulnerable groups without crucial support.

The YSRCP supremo said that the celebrations “failed” to reflect ground realities, with farmers standing in queues for fertilisers, youth still jobless, and promises of social security left unfulfilled.