Surrendering the Chittoor Dairy to the Amul company is nothing but hitting the Telugu pride, said the president of the State unit of the TDP, Mr Kinjerapu Atchen Naidu, here on Monday.
In an open letter to the Chief Secretary, Mr KS Jawahar Reddy, released to the media here on Monday, Mr Atchen Naidu expressed his concern over surrendering thousands of crores worth of public properties and cooperative dairies to Amul. He mentioned in the letter that the State Government’s decisions are only moving towards shutting down the decades-old cooperative system.
“I am bringing it to your notice that the Chief Minister, Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy, who had promised to the people to revive the cooperative dairies, including the Chittoor Dairy, soon after coming to power, has changed tack after assuming power and undermining the whole system. Gujarat-based Amul has been invited to the State only to weaken the cooperative dairies,” Mr Atchen Naidu said in his letter to the Chief Secretary and termed as barbaric the ‘surrendering’ of the Chittoor Dairy to Amul in the name of reviving it.
Stating that the State Government is betraying the dairy farmers with its decisions, the TDP State unit president pointed out that already public properties worth Rs 6,000 cr have already been conceded to the Amul. Only for commissions and for countermanding his court cases, Mr Jagan has handed over the Chittoor Dairy to Amul for Rs 1 cr annual lease for 99 years and even its assets worth Rs 650 cr, Mr Atchen Naidu said in the letter.
Demolishing the statue of the founder of the Chittoor Dairy reflects the terrorist tendency of the ruling dispensation, he said and asked whether the ruling party is not capable of running the cooperative dairies. What is the secret behind inviting the Gujarat-based dairy without considering the local units in the State, Mr Atchen Naidu asked and said that the State Government should realise the fact that Amul will not provide employment opportunities to the locals.
Pointing out that the neighbouring States like Tamil Nadu and Karnataka have deliberately kept aside the Amul learning about its deceptive attitude, Mr Atchen Naidu said that Mr Jagan, however, is acting as a brand ambassador of Amul. The TDP State unit president demanded the State Government to come out with details as to how the Amul will be beneficial to the people here.
Mr Jagan, who promised the dairy farmers to pay Rs 4 as bonus for every litre before election, has changed tack after getting elected, Mr Atchen Naidu said and pointed out that the State Government is due to pay Rs 1,250 cr to the dairy farmers as promised in the shape of bonus. The State Government should announce when will these dues will be cleared, he asked.
Mr Atchen Naidu felt in the letter to the Chief Secretary that the State Government should stand by the cooperative dairies and should not hand over the Chittoor Dairy to Amul to save the public property from handing over to companies of other States.
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