Telugu Desam Party, the main opposition in the assembly, is gearing up for an offensive during the month-long budget session beginning July 24, indicating that there would be a lot of fire works. The party will hold talks with other opposition parties for floor coordination on issues like steep increase in the prices of red gram (toor dal), rice, frequent power cuts, poor rainfall, failure to stop Karnataka and Maharashtra from constructing illegal projects on Krishna and Godavari. It is also gathering information about illegal constructions on Tungabhadra river. The party also proposes to raise the issue of the harassment of party MLA from Kovur T V Rama Rao against whom a CID inquiry has been ordered following allegations of sexual harassment of students in the nursing college owned by him at Nidadavole. Party president N Chandrababu Naidu has asked the party MLAs and the research wing of the party to gather full information with necessary photos and statistics on all important issues to put the government on the mat. The TDP leaders feel that when the issue of rising prices comes up, the chief minister and other Congress members would surely try to make snide remarks and suggest the retail chain owned by Naidu's wife should sell the goods at cheaper rate to help the common man. The party leaders say that if the government tries to indulge in such tactics, they would respond in a befitting manner. "It is Reddy's style to hit back at the retail chain, Heritage Fresh, owned by Naidu's family members, they said. Talking to TOI, a senior leader said charity should begin at home and YSR should ask his son and daughter who own power projects in a neighbouring state to run the units at 80 percent plant load factor and supply the entire power to the state power utilities at generation cost so that the gap between demand and supply which is over 500 MW a day could be brought down to a great extent. Asked if that would mean that there would fire works resulting in pandemonium, TDP leaders said that they would raise the issues as per rules and strive for perfect floor coordination. It is for the government to respond and ensure that proper discussion takes place. TDP, he said, was not interested in creating ruckus in the House but the responsibility to conduct the business smoothly lies with the government, he added.
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