Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday said that he would build his State and its new Capital through hard work and strategic thinking.
Addressing the students of SRM University at its 11th convocation here, Mr. Naidu recalled the challenges faced by Andhra Pradesh after a painful process of bifurcation. “We are left with a huge Rs 16,000 crore revenue deficit. We don’t have a capital city. We do not have infrastructure, nor do we have institutions. We do not have enough office space to work from,” he noted.
The tech-savvy Chief Minister said he had begun five campaigns focussing on poverty, farmers, schools, water and Swachch Andhra Pradesh.
“History has placed a great task on our shoulders. The people have given me a mandate to lead them from the front to build a new State. Andhra Pradesh is in the process of creating history. We are conscious that the entire world is watching how we are building our state brick by brick.
And how are we meeting the challenges that history has placed before us? Hard work, strategic thinking, and good wishes from all of you will make us succeed in our task,” he said.
Stating that India has underperformed as a country over the last six decades, Mr. Naidu said that this century would be India’s century despite the huge challenges facing the country’s leadership.
“It is an exciting time for India. India is the most happening place on the globe today. People are saying that this is Asia’s century. I would like to say that this is India’s century. It should rather be India’s century. We need to make it India’s century,” he said.
“I feel if we drive our economy with deftness, we could be the number one economy in the world,” he added.
Urging the students to play a role in nation building, the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister said, “India’s future is on your shoulders. If you grow, India grows. If you innovate, India innovates. If you shine, India shines. If you build entrepreneurial culture, India becomes an enterprising nation.”
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