TD, YSRC private firms, says Kiran Kumar Reddy

By SNV Sudhir

Visakhapatnam, June 24, 2013: Criticising Opposition parties for politicising sensitive issues, Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy said that both YSR Congress and TD are family entities and private limited companies.

Addressing a huge gathering at Kothuru under Anakapalle division, the Chief Minister felt that such parties should not be encouraged. “Both the parties are family entities and private limited companies. Those parties should not be supported or encouraged,” he said. Take it from me that Naidu can never become a chief minister again in his life, he said.

He inaugurated a Central government funded Model School at Thegada village in Kasimkota mandal and the office of a newly formed revenue division at Ankapalle here on Monday.

He said that the state government was committed to provide quality education to children coming from poor families and earmarked Rs 27,000 crore for it in the state budget. “Model schools will provide quality English medium education to poor children and enhance their competitiveness in the era of globalisation,” he said.

In the first phase, the state government would open 355 model schools and 400 schools in the second phase across the state. Of the first phase, already construction of 300 schools was done. Poor parents cannot send their children to corporate schools which collect hefty fees,” he said and added that education will remove the poverty and it was the only asset which parents can give their children in inheritance.

On the  women Self Help Groups (SHGs) the Chief Minister said it had become a movement in the state and it proved to be success in  making women self reliant. He also said that state government was committed for the welfare of women to improve their financial ad social status and added that 1.46 crore women through lakhs of SHGs groups were benefiting by taking loans from the banks. The chief minister added that this year the banks will provide Rs.16, 500 crores to the groups for their activities.