Sharmila terms Governor’s Budget address hollow and directionless

Andhra Pradesh Congress president Y. S. Sharmila on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the Governor’s Budget address, describing it as hollow, directionless and replete with exaggerated and misleading claims.

In a post on X, she said the address offered no concrete roadmap for the State’s development and was largely a reiteration of the ruling coalition’s election promises, while glossing over what she termed 19 months of administrative failures. She alleged that the coalition government lacked vision, prudence and balance in governance.

Ms. Sharmila questioned the government’s claims on poverty eradication under P4, proposed investments worth ₹13 lakh crore and generation of 20 lakh jobs, terming them inflated. She further alleged that the Universal Health Policy had diluted the Aarogyasri scheme, thereby affecting healthcare access for 1.43 crore families. She also faulted the government over the reduction of the Polavaram project height to 41.15 metres and accused it of neglecting several pending irrigation projects.