Rs 83.50 crore in 3 years. That is the precious taxpayers’ cash AP CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has reportedly spent on his 45 Advisors ever since he got here to energy in 2019. With one other Rs 55.5 Cr within the subsequent 2 years, the entire quantity the YS Jagan authorities will find yourself spending on these Advisors on the finish of Jagan’s 5-year time period would quantity to a whopping Rs 138 crore.

Jagan has laid a pink carpet to all his Advisors by providing them perks on par with elected MLAs, MPs and state Governors. All of them have been given an opulent automobile, bungalow, private employees and different luxuries, whereas 8 Advisors have been given cupboard ranks.

Of those 45 Advisors, 8 got cupboard ranks and 12 Advisors have been given Class-1 pay-scale (Rs 3.82 lakh monthly) aside from an official residence, high-end authorities automobile with driver, P.A., P.S., workplace and private employees. An extra Rs 2 lakh monthly is being spent on their allowances, protocol automobile, employees salaries and different luxuries. A complete of Rs 41.90 crore has been spent on these 20 Advisors prior to now 3 years.

Coming to the Class-2 Advisors, 14 of them have been drawing a month-to-month wage of Rs 2.79 lakh, aside from all of the above talked about luxuries and employees at a price of Rs 2 lakh to the state exchequer. This quantities to a complete of Rs 24.14 crore expenditure in 3 years.

The remaining 11 Class-3 Advisors have been positioned at respective ministries and departments. They’re being paid Rs 2 lakh monthly along with Rs 2 lakh in direction of their employees and different luxuries. Jagan sarkar has spent a complete of Rs 15.84 crore on them during the last 3 years. Lastly, the Principal Advisor is being paid Rs 2.50 lakh monthly, and one other Rs 2 lakh in direction of his employees and luxuries. This quantities to a complete of Rs 1.62 crore in 3 years.

Evidently, Jagan is below intense warmth from the opposition leaders and customary individuals over this blatant misuse of public cash particularly when the state’s financial situation is sort of dangerous. Many are slamming Jagan’s indifference in direction of the long-pending points like dangerous roads and poor infrastructure throughout the state. Will Jagan rethink his act and scrap all his Advisors?

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