Tadepallli, Sept. 26 -- YSRCP State spokesperson Putha Siva Shankar on Saturday said Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu's "publicity obsession" had reached its peak, with public money being spent on promotion while farmers, unemployed youth, employees and journalists were left without relief.

Speaking at the YSRCP Central Office, Sivashankar said Rs 330 crore had already been allocated to I&PR and questioned the need for another social-media influencer mechanism when official PR, print and electronic media already existed. "The State Cabinet has approved a framework to empanel social-media influencers to publicise government programmes," he said , adding that paying influencers up to Rs. 1.5 lakh a month, while the promised Rs. 3,000 une...