Y. Satyanarayana (Sujana) Chowdary, BJP candidate for Vijayawada West Assembly constituency, talking to The Hindu in Vijayawada.
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The bustling panorama of Vijayawada West Assembly constituency is witnessing hectic canvassing by a seasoned politician contending for the MLA seat this time.
Former Rajya Sabha member and former Central Minister Yalamanchili Satyanarayana (Sujana) Chowdary is the BJP candidate backed by the TDP-JSP-BJP (NDA) alliance for the Vijayawada West phase. He is dealing with direct elections for the primary time and brings with him a wealth of expertise and revolutionary governance dynamics.
Speaking to The Hindu throughout a break from campaigning, Mr. Chowdary says the preliminary 15 days, he was immersed in learning the problems plaguing the 22 divisions of the constituency. “I am compiling a comprehensive list of these problems and plausible remedies. There’s a lot of work to be done here,” he says, including that the underground drainage system is in shambles, the ingesting water provide is unreliable, the facility traces are haphazardly laid, and the highway community is in unhealthy form. “There is an urgent need for infrastructure revitalisation,” he emphasises.
Pointing to the massive inhabitants of the constituency that lives on hillocks, he talks about the necessity to enhance facilities for them.
Mr. Chowdary refuses to take the label of ‘non-local’ given to him by his political opponents within the fray. “I am a native of Kanchikacharla, 25 km from here and both my maternal and paternal ancestors have vast stretches of farmlands in Krishna district. My roots are here,” he asserts.
Mr. Chowdary’s need to contest from Vijayawada Lok Sabha seat didn’t materials, because the occasion management determined to area him from the West Assembly constituency. “Unlike the practice of choosing a place based on caste equations, I am happy to be contesting from the West segment, which is a mix of all castes and creeds,” he says.
For effective governance, he says focus can be on transparency, accountability and accessibility. “I plan to establish 22 offices in each of the divisions, leveraging technology for swift grievance-redressal.” Direct communication channels between individuals and their elected representatives would make a world of distinction, he explains and opines that it’s time to half with the traditional pyramid construction of hierarchy and embrace the flat organisational construction, because it permits extra fluid communication circulate and sooner decision-making.
When pointed to the truth that the West phase has a big inhabitants of Muslim minorities, Mr. Chowdary exudes confidence that he would tackle their issues by “dispelling the misconception that BJP is anti-Muslim”.
The former Minister has been accused of resorting to monetary bungling up to now. “They are smear campaigns started by my political opponents and spoken about by ill-informed people. They don’t perturb me and I have been steadfast in my commitment to serving people and generating jobs,” he asserts.
Capital situation
Mr. Chowdary says, “neither” when requested who ought to be held extra accountable for the ‘capital woes’ within the State—the Congress for finishing up the bifurcation in an unscientific approach, or the BJP, which got here to energy on the Centre however denied Andhra Pradesh its share of funds and the promised tasks. “Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy has derailed the capital project,” he insists, claiming “I had taken the lead in stopping Mr. Jagan from shifting the capital from Amaravati for which “I was charged with acquiring 600 acres of land in the capital region. I challenged Minister Botsa Satyanarayana and a few others to prove if I own even an inch of land in the capital region,” he remembers. Amaravati challenge was designed to behave as a development engine, he says, including, “but Mr. Jagan completely destroyed it.”
‘YSRCP misrule’
The BJP candidate says YSR Congress Party’s “misrule” destroyed the vitals of the State. “Whatever it did was in violation of the rule book,” he alleged. Asked why the Centre didn’t examine on it, the aspiring legislator attributed it to the cooperative federalism enshrined within the Indian Constitution. “Ours is a cooperative federal system, which necessitates synergy between the Centre and the States for effective governance,” he says, including: “The Centre can’t afford to intervene repeatedly in the State government affairs.”