Guntur: In a blistering attack on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he was having sleepless nights as the Centre was seeking an accounting of every rupee given to the state.
Addressing a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rally here amid protests across the state, he targeted the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief accusing him of corruption.
“The ‘Chowkidar’ (watchman) is giving him sleepless nights because we insist on seeking account for every rupee given to Andhra Pradesh for its development,” he said.
Modi said that Naidu had ignored the state’s development and had joined the competition by the ‘Maha Milawat’ in abusing him. He said the opposition alliance comprised people facing allegations of cheating the poor and the country and remarked that the law was catching up with them.
“He is using every abusive word from dictionary against me. He is insulting the great culture of Andhra,” said the Prime Minister adding that he was responding for the first time after listening to these abuses for months.
Modi said Naidu had promised to turn around the infrastructure of Andhra Pradesh but instead he took a U-turn.
“He wanted to make Andhra a sun-rise state but is busy in son-rise by promoting his son. He promised new schemes for poor but pasted his own stickers on Modi’s schemes,” said Modi. (IANS)
