After being criticized over his "support" for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's demonetization, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today came out and promised to protect the interests of the State's people.
Naidu was addressing a public meeting after the inauguration of a reservoir near Gollapalli in the Anantapur district. The Chief Minister said the government always committed for the welfare of poor and that is the reason they have been implementing welfare programme despite financial crunch.
Naidu said that after the note ban, the State government lost Rs. 400 crores, and called upon the people to switch over to cashless transactions to avoid inconvenience.
Speaking about the reservoir, he said that water would be provided to all households by interlinking all rivers and rivulets in AP. "We brought 20 tmc water to Anantapur district," he said.
Ministers Devineni Umamahshwar Rao, Paritala Sunita, Kamineni Srinivas, chief whip Kalva Srinivasulu, MLAs Nandamuri Balakrishna and Parthsaradi, MLC Vayyavula Keshsav and others attended the function.