VIJAYAWADA: Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council Botcha Satyanarayana strongly criticised the coalition government for attempting to defame the previous YSRCP administration.
Speaking to the media outside the Assembly alongside party MLCs, Botcha claimed that a conspiracy lies behind the ruling party’s insistence on discussing alleged scams that occurred during the YSRCP’s tenure. He accused the government of portraying unverified allegations as scams without proper investigation, aiming to tarnish the YSRCP’s image. Botcha condemned what he described as a deliberate attempt to spread falsehoods about the YSRCP’s time in power.
He further alleged that the ruling coalition is manipulating the narrative by selectively focusing on the 2019-24 period — YSRCP’s term — while refusing to discuss alleged scams from the broader 2014-24 timeline, which includes the TDP’s tenure from 2014-19.
Botcha noted that the YSRCP had urged the government to debate all alleged scams since the State’s bifurcation in 2014. However, he claimed the coalition government rejected this proposal, limiting the discussion to YSRCP’s five-year rule.
He also pointed out that, over the past 10 months, the current government has made several allegations against YSRCP’s governance but has yet to complete investigations or substantiate any charges. In contrast, Botcha claimed that several scandals from the TDP’s 2014-19 rule were documented, investigated, and had cases registered — yet the government refuses to address them.
Emphasising that the YSRCP is prepared to discuss all alleged scams to reveal the truth, Botcha condemned the government’s decision to confine the debate to the YSRCP’s tenure. In protest, the YSRCP staged a walkout from the Council.