YSRCP To Provide Rs 10 Lakh Financial Assistance To AgriGold Victims

Vijayawada: The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) will provide financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh to the 105 families whose members have committed suicide owing to the AgriGold scam, YSRCP president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said.

Addressing the AgriGold victims who were on a hunger strike here on Thursday, he said one of the top priorties of the YSRCP after coming to power would be to provide financial assistance to the aggrieved families of AgriGold scam. "I have tried to highlight the plight of the AgriGold victims in the state assembly. Also tried to discuss the issue directly with the chief minister and senior ministers. But they were not inclined to spare even a few minutes to listen to the problems faced by AgriGold victims," YS Jagan said. The state government has failed to provide even Rs 5 lakh assistance which is normally provide to accident or natural calamity victims, he said.

He alleged that the Speaker is working only at the behest of the Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP). The lone opposition party also announced its decision to resort to no-confidence motion against the speaker after a bitter war of words between the two sides over the alleged involvement of Agriculture Minister P. Pulla Rao in the purchase of AgriGold properties. Jagan alleged that Rao's wife bought the properties even after the probe began into allegations against the company for cheating depositors. The YSRCP chief said the ruling party diverted the topic to shield its minister, adding that the Speaker had lost the trust and respect of the opposition. He said the speaker was running the house as per the directions of Naidu.