The biggest slogan of TDP for the last five years has been that their leader Chandrababu Naidu is a changed man these days and he will ensure that he doesn’t repeat mistakes. This was their USP before coming to power again in 2014.
And with regard to employees and imposing additional burdens, Babu may have been changed a person but his biggest mistake, which created much agony during bifurcation, is Hyderabad. It was his utter focus on Hyderabad, which pulled the plug on him.
This happened with a defeat in 2004 that shocked those who believed that this man is invincible given his aggressive growth agenda. All resources being focused on Hyderabad has become the bane of AP after bifurcation.
With Seemandhra having vibrant urban centre unlike TS, it was expected that he would decentralize development and create various economic hubs for revenue generation, simultaneously.
However, Naidu’s speech in Assembly that he expects new capital to be a revenue generator just like Hyderabad shows he is all set to repeat his mistakes and create ground for 2004 type defeat once more!