No change in Bhoomi Puja Program: Pulla Rao
posted on Jun 3, 2015 @ 2:17PM
Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Minister Prattipati Pulla Rao rubbished the reports appeared in a section of media that state the Andhra Pradesh government may postpone its Bhoomi Puja program of capital city construction scheduled for June 6th as the elections code of conduct comes into effect in the state with the announcement of Council elections schedule.
He said “There is no change in our plans. Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu along with his family members will perform the Bhoomi Puja at Mandadam village on June 6th as decided earlier. The election code of conduct doesn’t apply to such programs. Later, we will lay foundation stone for the capital city Amaravati on Dushera festival day. We will invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers and many other eminent people to that function.”
Ministers Prattipati Pulla Rao, Ravella Kishor Babu, Tadikonda TDP MLA T Shravan Kumar and some officials have inspected the location of Bhoomi Puja on Tuesday.
It is to be noted that YSR Congress party president Jagan Mohan Reddy sat for two days’ Samara Deeksha at Mangalagiri from Wednesday. Hence, Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu may send his ministers to Mandadam village yesterday to make sure there will no disruptions to the Bhoomi Puja program as Jagan Mohan Reddy strategically chooses Mangalagiri for conducting his Samara Deeksha, where some farmers are not willing to handover their lands to the state government for capital city construction.