He said today at a function in Krishna district that both YSR and his son had encouraged Gangi Reddy and his gang to smuggle red sanders from the forests of Chittoor.

He said Jagan who is an leader of opposition should reveal the information about Gangi Reddy so that the government could arrest him and also recover huge amounts, sales proceeds of smuggled red sanders wood which could be used for welfare programs in the state. ‘Gangi Reddy approximately smuggled over one lakh tons of red sanders wood worth about 2500 crore, he said.

Devineni Uma said the Chandrababu Naidu government is striving to implement the farmers loan waiver scheme, first of its kind by a state government in the country inspite of heavy odds and acute financial constraints.

We will use all the returns from the sale of red sanders for welfare programs including farmers loan waiver scheme, he said.