Hyderabad: With the poll just a week away, lakhs of beneficiaries of various schemes in Andhra Pradesh had received thousands of rupees in their bank accounts.

Over 97 lakh woman beneficiaries of the DWCRA groups in the state received Rs 6,000 each in their accounts as a part of the 'Pasupu Kumkuma' scheme's third installments. As the banks would remain closed on the 5 and 6 of April, the amount was credited before time. The Telugu Desam Party Chief Chandrababu Naidu had said that this was his Ugadi Gift to the residents.

Besides the DWCRA beneficiaries, over 45 lakh farmers have been getting Rs 3,000 on behalf of the Annadata Sukhibhava scheme. Not only this, but the Naidu government also deposited the last two installments of the debt waiver scheme into eligible farmer's accounts.

The CM of AP Chandrababu Naidu had actually started giving out money for various scheme beneficiaries in February itself.

Since the identification and verification of the beneficiaries of this scheme happened much before the election announcement, the EC had no objections to it and had to give it a green signal.

Blaming TDP, Opposition YSR Congress's spokesperson Eada Rajashekar Reddy said, "This is nothing but bribing the voters with a direct cash transfer to their bank accounts under the disguise of schemes. People of Andhra Pradesh will not believe Chandrababu's gimmicks ahead of polls."

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