GANDI MASANIPET (NIZAMABAD DT.): The Chief Minister, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, told reporters here on Wednesday at the end of his `Praja Patham' tour programme that his Government will conduct the municipal elections in the next three months.

Denying the charges of the Opposition that his Government had failed in tackling the drought situation, he said the Opposition was criticising his Government only for the sake of criticism.

When the State was confronted by drought conditions it was the responsibility of the Government to provide drinking water, wage employment and fodder to the cattle. "Our Government has focussed its attention on all the three points and is effectively combating drought,'' Dr Reddy said.

`No dearth of funds'

Some 40 per cent of hamlets and villages in the district were covered under the `Praja Patham' so far, Dr Reddy said and added that the problems of drinking water and wage employment were being addressed on a priority. The Opposition leaders were levelling charges, sitting comfortably in air-conditioned rooms, while he and his Ministers were touring the State in the scorching summer, Dr Reddy said.

The Chief Minister reiterated that there was no dearth of funds for works to be executed during summer. Electricity was being supplied for seven hours to the agriculture sector, he said. The TDP Government in the past six-seven years had never surpassed its target in respect of distribution of loans to the agriculture sector, Dr Reddy said.

Rejects criticism

"This year we have already exceeded the target,'' he said, making it clear that the Opposition had no right to criticise his Government on matters relating to agriculture and distribution of credit to farmers.

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