* Chandrababu makes 67 tours till date

* Used only special flights for travel
* Each of the foreign trip had 20-30 members

AP Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu says the state is suffering from revenue deficit and has no money to build the new capital, but he is unabashedly splurging on luxury flights. Since assuming office as the CM of Andhra Pradesh, Chandrababu has undertaken as many as 67 times till February 8.

The AP CM has so far spent Rs 16 crores for his globe-trotting. Thus he surpassed the records of all his predecessors.
He used special flights only for these trips. Chandrababu hired Delhi based Club-1 special flight to his recent Singapore trip and the government has officially paid Rs 50 lakhs towards the flight charges. Chandrababu has been in office for 6 months and it seems he spent Rs 2 crore for his flight charges every month.
For his 8 trips to Delhi, he used special flights again. Generally,only Prime Minister, President and Vice-President use special flights for their official tours.
It is said that that Chandrababu has been using special flights even for tours within the state. Besides the travel bill, there is additional expenditure for accommodation, local travel, daily allowance and others. He has been accompanied by at least 20 to 30 persons, including ministers and industrialists in each of his foreign trips.
The TDP chief is under severe criticism for spending spree while the state is reeling under a financial crunch.
It is a known fact that Babu issued orders to ministers and officials to adopt austerity, but he himself not observing this practice!
List of his tours
June: Vijayawada, Vizag
July: Vijayawada, Tirupati, Puttaparthy, Vijayawada, Vizag
August: Vijayawada, Vishaka, Rajahmundry
September: Vijayawada, Tirupati, Vishaka, Raipur, Tirupati, Vijayawada
October: Vijayawada, Rajahmundry, Puttapatri,Vijayawada, Tirupati,Vishakapatnam-Hyderabad, Vijayawada- Rajahmundry,Mumbai
November:Vijayawada, Benguluru,Tirupati,New Delhi,Benguluru, Vizag, Singapore, Vijayawada,New Delhi,Ahmedabad
December: Rajahmundry, Vizag, New Delhi,Tirupati- Chittoor, Vijayawada-Tirupati, Vizag, Vijayawada,Vijayawada,Vijayawada, Ahmedabadd, New Delhi
January: Vijayawada,Ahmedabad, New Delhi, Vizag-Tirupati-New Delhi,Vizag, Rajahmundry-Vijayawada, Vijayawada
Till February 8: Vijayawada, New Delhi,New Delhi
Flights that Babu used are belong to: Club-1, Navayuga, GVK, Krishnapatnam, GMR

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