Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday mentioned that the bungalows on the Rushikonda Hills in Visakhapanam will quickly be thrown open for the general public to see “how the earlier Jagan Mohan Reddy authorities indulged in extravagance” to construct the palatial residence and camp workplace for the previous chief minister.
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Naidu, the Telugu Desam Get together chief, visited the bungalows on the picturesque, beachfront location along with his cupboard colleagues, MLAs and different leaders of the NDA.
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“Folks have given us the mandate and it’s our accountability to current the factual place about Rushikonda palaces earlier than the folks. We will throw open the palaces to the folks to see for themselves how the earlier Jagan Mohan Reddy authorities indulged in extravagance to assemble the bungalows,” he mentioned.
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Naidu mentioned by no means within the historical past of the nation had anyone witnessed a chief minister developing such palatial bungalows on the hills by destroying the setting.
“When the bungalows had been being constructed, no person had entry to method this space, together with media and environmentalists. Even I and deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan made an try to see these constructions prior to now, however we weren’t given any permissions,” he mentioned.
He mentioned the expenditure accounts offered by the authorities had been astonishing.
“How may anybody spend ₹25 lakh on a bath and ₹5 lakh for a commode? Maybe, he (Jagan) thought of himself a king and even an emperor to rule the state endlessly. No one would ever think about how an individual may spend public cash so lavishly for his luxurious life,” the chief minister mentioned.
“Jagan used public cash for luxurious and constructed Raja Palace,” the chief minister mentioned.
The ultramodern advanced, unfold over 9.88 acres and comprising seven blocks, was initially projected to be developed as an expensive vacationer resort. However on the time of inauguration of the palace on February 29, then tourism minister RK Roja mentioned it might be used for accommodating residence-cum-camp workplace of for the previous chief minister and YSRCP chief, Jagan Mohan Reddy.
After the TDP, in alliance with BJP, got here to energy within the state former minister from Visakhapatnam and YSRCP chief Gudivada Amarnath mentioned the Rushikonda Palace was not a private property of Jagan. “The federal government is a steady course of. It’s for the brand new authorities to make use of it appropriately,” he mentioned.