TDP manifesto: Chandrababu Naidu announces six schemes covering women, farmers, BCs, and youth

RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM: TDP chief Nara Chandrababu Naidu released the first phase of the election manifesto called ‘Bhavishyattu Ki Guarantee’ declaring six schemes for women, farmers, BCs BCs and the youth.

Addressing a public meeting on the second day of Mahanadu on Sunday, May 28, 2023, he unveiled Mahasakthi, Yuvagalam, Annadata, Intintiki Neeru, Rakshana Chattam, and Poor to Rich for different strata of the society. He further said that TDP if elected to power would give free bus rides for all the women in the state and Rs 1,500 per head for two women in every family between the age of 18 years to 59 years totalling Rs 90,000 per year. TDP would also give three cooking cylinders free per year to each family. Under the ‘Talli Ki Vandanam’ scheme, Rs 15000 would be given to each child without a limit on the number.

For the youth under ‘Yuvagalam’ 20 lakh jobs will be created and a Rs 3,000 allowance for every unemployed youth till they get employment. Under Annadata farmers would receive Rs 20,000 per year. ‘Intintiki Neeru” a time-bound scheme would ensure direct piped water supply to each household of the state.

A special protection law would be brought for backward classes under ‘Rakshana Chattam’ for the backward classes. TDP would take up the ‘Poor to Rich’ programme to make everyone rich. TDP chief reiterated that he would involve the poor in all the schemes that he would launch with a view of making them rich. “YS Jagan is finished and TDP is returning to power,” he said exuding confidence that the programmes announced during the Mahanadu would fetch him votes.

Earlier, Hindupuram MLA Nandamuri Balakrishna paid rich tributes to his father and founder of TDP late NT Rama Rao, and remembered him as a great actor and disciplinarian. He said that NTR would live in the hearts of Telugu people for centuries to come. “As a politician, he has conceived and implemented one of the best social welfare schemes in the state, which were emulated by others in the later years,” he said.

Weather plays spoilsport at the Mahanadu venue

A huge NTR cutout fell down on the VIP tent when gusty gale winds lashed the Vemagiri grounds, the venue of the two-day Mahanadu. With the day-long hot weather suddenly turning into a dust storm the TDP leadership had a tough time convincing the audience not to turn back. They have to invoke the blessings of the founder of TDP late NTR to pacify the agitated cadre. Everyone heaved a sigh of relief when it was announced that young leader Nara Lokesh has left the VIP tent minutes before it collapsed. However, the bad weather subsided and the proceedings of the second day of the TDP convention started.