“I had feared about the future of the Farmers who had given lands if there is a change of guard in the State. What I had feared then has now come into reality,” says JanaSena chief Pawan Kalyan.
JanaSena Party President Pawan Kalyan on 2nd January said the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy led Andhra Pradesh government is repeating the same statements time and again.
“I would like to clarify to the elders in the government who had said that they are unaware why Pawan Kalyan was moving in the roads of Amaravati demanding not to take lands for the capital city then and keep the capital city here now. I had fought against the then government demanding not to use Land Acquisition Act against the farmers, who were not ready to give their lands and warned to intensify stir if the lands were acquired forcefully from the farmers,” said Kalyan.
Now, I stood in support of farmers, who sacrificed their lands and came onto the roads. I had never said even one word against the building of the capital city then, he said.
I questioned, had the government required 33,000 acres? He recalled the statements.
I had feared about the future of the farmers who had given lands if there is a change of guard in the State. What I had feared then has now come into reality, said Kalyan.
You are well aware that Janasena’s fight will be there wherever there is iniquity in society, he said.
What Janasena wanted to do it is clear… there shall be centralized rule and development shall be decentralized, Kalyan said.
Janasena Party is looking for such a capital city. You shall clarify and announce such a capital city where it will be located either in Rayalaseema or in north Andhra. But, all people including the then Opposition leader Jagan Reddy had consented to set up a capital city in Amaravati, he said.
Similarly, the present capital city you are going to set up must have all people’s acceptance. Everyone including the Opposition parties shall give their consensus, Kalyan said.
However, Janasena wanted to have a clear official statement without any further delay on capital city issue. Because of people’s welfare, the delay is not at all desirable at this juncture. The fate of the capital city is hanging in balance due to lopsided decisions of the rulers, he said.
Above all, the government must clarify how it is going to do justice to the farmers who had given their lands for building Amaravati, he said.
The leaders in the ruling party shall stop hide-and-seek game at least now in the name of committees and ensure that there will not be any regional conflicts, Kalyan added.
