The Andhra Pradesh is witnessing a 'Chandranna mania' of sorts, in what appears to be an attempt to project himself as a 'messiah of the state,' and the chief minister Chandrababu Naidu is naming most government schemes or programs after himself and on Sunday more than a dozen schemes have Chandranna tag the latest being 'Chandranna Bheema' (insurance scheme for workers) was unveiled.
With Chandranna tag carrying much weight, only two schemes, NTR Aarogya Seva and NTR Bharosa remain in the honor of the late CM. Naidu even outdid his Tamil Nadu counterpart Jayalalitha, who dubs all welfare measures as 'Amma' schemes and Naidu cannot call himself as 'Anna' either as the term is popularly referred to NTR.
In fact it goes against the TDP regime's tradition of naming all the government schemes after party's founder N T Rama Rao. The Chandranna trend has begun with the civil supplies department naming the Sankranti gift pack for families below poverty line as 'Chandranna Sankranti Kanuka'. A similar name was given to a scheme for BPL Christian families as 'Chandranna Xmas Kanuka.
Next scheme to be named after Naidu was 'Chandranna Vyavasaya Kshetram' for farmers. A majority of schemes with Chandranna prefix are of the social welfare department headed by minister Ravela Kishore Babu and these include 'Chandranna Dalita Bata', 'Chadranna Girijana Bata' and 'Chadranna Runamela a loan scheme for SCs and STs.
