Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday, 9 October, asked his party cadre to prepare for poll campaign.
Jagan Reddy mocked the proposed TDP-Jana Sena alliance in the next elections.
He said that these political entities carried zero credibility, and that their coming together could only result in bigger zero.
Addressing a gathering of YSRCP functionaries in Vijayawada, the chief minister said that the TDP-Jana Sena alliance will not have any adverse impact on the YSRCP.
While the TDP had no achievements to its credit, the Jana Sena didn’t even have flag-bearers or candidates to contest in all 175 constituencies, he said.
Jana Sena president Pawan Kalyan had also had a share in the corruption of TDP chief Nara Chandrababu Naidu and was a partner in the latter’s economic offences, the chief minister said.
YSRCP Campaign agenda
Setting the agenda for the party cadre for a clean sweep in the upcoming Assembly elections, Jagan unveiled a four-pronged mass-contact programme.
Jagananna Aarogya Suraksha, which he said was the first programme, would continue till 10 November, with health camps being held across the state covering 1.6 crore households in 15,004 village and ward secretariats.He asked the cadre to take ownership of the programme to ensure that each and every family is covered.
In the second step, the chief minister said that the “Why AP Needs Jagan” push would be held from 1 November to 10 December in two phases.
In the initial stage, the mandal-level YSRCP leaders would interact with all households and the people at all village and ward secretariats, explaining the necessity of the YSRCP continuing in power for the successful implementation of welfare programmes.
Jagan said that in the third task, Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Backward Class (SC, ST, and BC) leaders would undertake bus yatras in every constituency from 25 October to 31 December.
They would conduct three public meetings a day in the three regions of the state, and explain to the people how social justice was achieved through the implementation of various welfare schemes, and how revolutionary changes were brought about in the educational, agricultural, and medical and health sectors.
In the fourth task, the party cadre would ensure that people participate on a massive scale in the Play Andhra Pradesh sports festival to be conducted by the government from 11 December to 15 January.
Taking on TDP
Affirming that there was no political vendetta in the arrest of Naidu, he said that the arrest took place based on proper investigation and evidence collected as per the law in the skill development scam.“The arrest took place during my London tour,” he said.
When in power, Naidu did not allow the CBI into the state due to the fear of being investigated for his economic offences, said Jagan.
The TDP-friendly media had been churning out false stories to create the impression that Naidu’s arrest took place due to a political vendetta, he added.
He further said that it made no difference for Naidu if he was in jail or outside, as he carries no political credibility.
“His entire political history is full of backstabbing, cheating, and misleading the public.He can’t claim even a single achievement,” he said.
Denouncing the allegedly malicious campaign launched by the pro-TDP media to highlight Naidu as a clean politician, Jagan said that the former chief minister of erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh was synonymous with corruption and lies.
Naidu opposed the distribution of house site pattas to the poor and moved the top courts citing demographic imbalance, said the chief minister, adding that support to the TDP leader is equal to extending support to capitalism.
“It only means the poor will remain poor,” he said
He said that political credibility meant winning the hearts of people forever even after one’s death by sticking to the election manifesto and implementing necessary programmes for the upliftment of the poor.
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