Tadepalli, Jan. 27 -- Former Dharmavaram Member of the Legislative Assembly, Kethireddy Venkatarami Reddy on Tuesday strongly criticised Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, stating that under the pretext of constructing Amaravati as the capital, the NDA-led government has been indulging in unprecedented financial exploitation, inflating project estimates, accumulating massive debt, and diverting public funds in the name of commissions, while virtually no real development is taking place on the ground.

Addressing the media at the YSRCP central office in Tadepalli, Kethireddy said that "even after nearly a decade since land pooling began, farmers who gave their land in the first phase have still not been allotted their promised returnable pl...