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Delhi model failed, city residents can't distinguish between drinking and drainage water: Naidu

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..... Delhi model failed, city residents can't distinguish between drinking and drainage water: Naidu
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Dated:- 3-2-2025
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New Delhi, Feb 3 (PTI) Ahead of the assembly polls in the city, TDP chief and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday launched a scathing attack on the ruling AAP over the lack of infrastructure development and dubbed the Delhi model as a "to .....

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..... tal failure". Naidu, whose Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is an ally of the ruling NDA at the Centre, took a jibe at the AAP government, saying Delhi has a "half-engine sarkar", and needs a double engine sarkar to achieve development. Speaking to reporters after an election campaign in the national capital, he highlighted lack of infrastructure development in the capital over the last decade. "In Del .....

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..... hi, you cannot differentiate between drinking and drainage water" despite Central government schemes like AMRUT and Jal Jeevan Mission, he claimed. These two schemes were not implemented because the credit will go to the BJP-led central government, he said, adding even Swachh Bharat Mission was not implemented here. He also said "weather and political pollution" were plaguing Delhi. Underlining .....

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..... that performance and better living standards are becoming relevant and not ideology, Naidu said "poor people in Delhi have to think if they want to live permanently in slums without proper amenities and opportunities." He also questioned the sustainability of welfare politics without wealth creation. "Without creating wealth, what is the right of a politician to distribute wealth?" he asked, c .....

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..... alling for a national debate on the issue. Drawing from his political experience since 1978, Naidu highlighted the stark contrast between Delhi's current state and its historical position as a career-building hub. "Originally, Delhi used to be home for building careers. It was our pride.Today, nobody is coming here. People are going from Delhi to other places for livelihood and opportunities," h .....

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..... e observed. On development projects, he asked if there "have been any infra projects in the last 10 years? Long back, the metro had come. Nothing has been done." Naidu termed Delhi's controversial liquor policy as the "worst scam" compared to other corruption cases and spoke about his own experience of introducing Extra Neutral Alcohol (ENA) in 1995 to reduce impurities in liquor. Advocating f .....

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..... or a development-focused approach, Naidu proposed his "P4" model -- public, private, and people's partnership -- to address poverty. He suggested that the top 10 percent of high-net-worth individuals should adopt the bottom 20 percent to improve living standards. Expressing confidence in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, Naidu endorsed the vision of India becoming a developed nation by .....

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..... 2047. He cited the success of his own "Hyderabad model" from 1995, which he said has made the city "the most livable place" with the highest per capita income in Telangana. "In Delhi, it is half engine Sarkar. All these things are possible with the double engine Sarkar," he said, adding that Andhra Pradesh is benefiting as an ally of the NDA. "Some people ask what have we got? We have got every .....

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..... thing I am confident on that (collaboration with the central government," he said, noting, "Always, one should be at the right place, right time, and with the right people. Then things will happen automatically." Naidu further said the Centre has given oxygen for Andhra Pradesh which was on a ventilator. Several projects are sanctioned for the state, more are required. "We are confident of devel .....

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..... opment." In China too, economic development transcends political ideology, he said and urged Delhi voters to understand the gravity of the situation. Even caste and religion is reality and one needs to respect them for inclusive development, he added. Addressing the Congress-AAP rift, Naidu emphasised development over ideology. "Be on the right side, not on the left side, then you can move fo .....

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..... rward. Otherwise, on the left side, you will be ignored and isolated," he said, adding that "right development is right politics." The Andhra Pradesh chief minister stressed that only sustainable wealth creation can support welfare measures, urging a shift in political discourse from ideological lines to developmental priorities. "Some people have created wealth in 30 years and managed everythin .....

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..... g. Some people will come and destroy everything. Whose interest is this? We have to discuss this. Development has to go on and you cannot derail (development) with political and public policies for cheap popularity," Naidu said. PM Modi took welfare measures during COVID-19 and even developed countries did it, but the government's focus should be on empowering people, he added. PTI LUX DV DV
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