Congress responsible for corruption, inflation: Chandrababu Naidu

HYDERABAD: TDP President N Chandrababu Naidu today alleged that the ruling Congress was solely responsible for rampant corruption in the country and stressed the need for a concerted struggle to root it out.

"The Congress is getting wiped out in state after state and now we have to root out corruption as well," he said.

Delivering the inaugural address at the TDP's annual conclave 'Mahanadu' at Gandipet near here this afternoon, Naidu said prices of all commodities were sky-rocketing because of indiscriminate hike in prices of fuel.

"On one hand, fuel prices are being enhanced left, right and centre and on the other the government is unable to ensure even minimum support price to farmers for their produce. It's a shame for a government that boasts of an annual budget of Rs 12 lakh crore," he said.

The government should step down if it could not control prices, he said. "People themselves will decide and show the way how to rein in the prices," he added.

The former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister lamented that farmers were facing untold hardships as governments failed to come to their rescue in times of distress.

"The farmers' condition has become so pathetic that they are steeped in debt from birth to death. They don't even have the right to export their produce due to government restrictions. Why is the Centre not implementing the recommendations of M S Swaminathan Committee on making agriculture profitable," he questioned.