Does TDP Manifesto Require Six Lakh Crores A Year?

The election manifestos have been a hot topic for the past few elections. Earlier people used to not think much about them. But people became more conscious. Parties that lost the elections are using the manifestos as a weapon. The Consciousness in people is such that they are asking why the promises that were not offered by the BJP ten years back were not implemented. However, there is no answer to this.

If the parties make promises without thinking then they need to face issues after coming to power. This would lead to a big threat to the government’s survival and the reliability of the party will also be a big question. This is the era of social media. Everyone has a smartphone.

Everything the leaders will say will be recorded and they cannot escape from this. This is why they should think twice before making any promise. This started a big debate on whether TDP made the promises thinking everything or not. Because TDP aggressively targeted the YCP on the button-pressing program and alleged that AP would become another Sri Lanka if the same continued. Will TDP fall into a trap with its promises is a big debate now.

YCP implemented the election planning for the five years. It costed around 70,000 cr to implement the Navaratnalu schemes every year. If we look at the TDP manifesto, it announced ten times the promises. Experts say that it requires as much as six lakh crores every year to implement them.

The value of the AP budget would be 3 lakh crore maximum. The YCP government is accused of taking maximum loans. Bracing everything Jagan implemented the welfare schemes for five years. Not taking a back step, he implemented the schemes.

To protect his credibility he continued the schemes despite the economy facing issues with Covid. Even if the TDP comes to power there is no possibility of taking loans as the RBI guidelines should be followed to take the loans. The Centre also did not allocate the funds to AP largely.

The political observers say that BJP distancing itself from the TDP manifesto might hint that it doesn't want to face the financial burden. To the question of from where the funds can be gathered, TDP is saying the creation of wealth. The governments should start the funds from day one. If they start working on wealth creation the next elections would come before the results come.

Does AP has economic potential? Is it possible to create wealth? It has to be mentioned here that around 80 percent of people are dependent on agriculture. AP doesn't have big cities. The only option we have is Vizag, followed by Vijayawada. There are a few tier-two cities. We have a few cities while the rest of them are villages.

It takes some time for the service sector and IT sector to grow. The experts say that it takes a lot of time for industrial growth in Andhra Pradesh. Many wonder how we can call Chandrababu a Visionary who offered these many schemes despite knowing the condition of AP.

The number of people who are questioning Chandrababu’s credibility after the manifesto release is growing. They are saying that the promises were made only for votes and implementing them is not easy. Earlier he said distributing money under schemes would make AP the next Sri Lanka, will implementing his schemes make AP the next America ask many. They say that the BJP is not supporting the manifesto as schemes that are impossible to implement were announced.