People ready to repeat 2019 verdict for Chandrababu: YS Jagan

NARSAPURAM: Describing Chandrababu Naidu as a megalomaniac, behaving like a jilted lover by threatening people to get him back to power, Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Monday said that people were ready to repeat the 2019 verdict to give him a permanent farewell in 2024.

Addressing a large gathering here, the Chief Minister said that the people's outright rejection of the TDP was seen in Kuppam local bodies' elections and the Opposition Leader threatening people to vote him back was like the bravado of a jilted lover. It all came out of sheer frustration and despair after seeing the development and welfare activities being carried out by his Government.

The Chief Minister, who participated in a slew of developmental activities, said that the TDP and its friendly media which pursued the policy of plunder, stash and devour until 2019 were now resorting to expletives while the party of foster son (Dattha putrudu) had become rowdy.

"People bid good-bye to TDP in the 2019 elections for its failure to implement the manifesto and, this time around, the result would be no different," YS Jagan said, adding that 98 percent of poll promises were fulfilled by his Government. Majority of the households in the State had benefitted by the welfare schemes being implemented and hoped that they would extend their support judiciously.

Castigating Chandrababu for resorting to emotional blackmailing to seek votes, the YSRCP chief observed that his actions were similar to that of frustrated people who threaten with suicide by jumping from cell towers.

Pointing out that every action of Chandrababu Naidu only exposed his desperation and frustration, the Chief Minister said that the TDP president was being haunted by the fear of losing even in Kuppam constituency in the next elections.

He asked the people not to be misled by the false propaganda of TDP and its supporting media and appealed to people to evaluate if they are benefitted or not by the welfare schemes of the YSRCP government.

"People are looking at Chandrababu and saying what a misfortune has befallen them (idem karmara babu) and even TDP founder president NT Rama Rao should have said the same when he was backstabbed by Babu," Jagan commented. In a veiled attack on Lokesh and Pawan Kalyan, he said that people who could not win an election were also talking big.

Reiterating that the YSRCP Government was committed to the uplift of all sections of people through the implementation of various welfare schemes for the empowerment of women and bringing out revolutionary changes in educational and agricultural sectors, he said that Chandrababu did no good even for the Kuppam constituency.

"The only yardstick for a mandate should be whether or not you have benefited out of the welfare schemes," he said, adding that the TDP and the Jana Sena had nothing to boast of as they had done nothing to the people.

TDP has become Telugu Buthula Party while Jana Sena has become Rowdy Sena, he said.

The meeting was attended by Legislative Council Chairman Moshen Raju, Cabinet Ministers, MPs, MLAs, local leaders and officials among others.