YS Jagan launches campaign trail at Proddatur; taunts sisters for kowtowing to Chandrababu Naidu

PRODDATUR: Kickstarting his 21-day campaign trail with a bang from Proddatur in Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSR Congress president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, for the first time, opened up on the killing of his uncle Y S Vivekananda Reddy.

“You know and God knows who murdered my paternal uncle YS Vivekananda Reddy. Unfortunately, my sisters have ganged up with the person who killed my uncle. The person who brutally murdered him is roaming freely on the streets,” YS Jagan said.

Calling upon the people of Kadapa to defeat the TDP-JSP-BJP alliance in the ensuing elections he said that two national, and two regional parties, and two sisters joined hands against one.

“Nara Chandrababu Naidu not only cheated people, he also divided my family. He is using my sisters against me. Those who defeated my uncle in the MLC elections are now friends with Naidu. Naidu doing cheap politics but I stay with people. I believe in God and people. We (YSRCP) never deceive and Naidu & Co never keep their word,” Jagan said.

Condemning Chandrababu Naidu and his coterie for blaming YSRCP for the Brazil container that was caught in Visakhapatnam carrying narcotics, YS Jagan said that the real culprits were relatives of State BJP president D Purandheswari, a relative of Naidu. “When alive Vivekananda Reddy is a foe for Chandrababu Naidu. After death, he is a friend. NTR was an enemy before death and a great leader after backstabbing him to death,” he pointed out.

Enlisting the welfare programmes implemented by his Government in the last five years, he said that voting for TDP combine would be a license for Naidu to scrap all the welfare initiatives launched by him.

Earlier, YS Jagan started his public connect campaign by paying tribute to his father former CM YS Rajasekhara Reddy at Idupulupaya in Kadapa. He then took blessings from his mother Vijayamma before embarking on his journey.

From Idupulapaya Jagan traversed through Vempalli, V N Palli, Yerraguntla, Potladutti, and Proddatur towns in the constituencies of Kamalapuram, Jammalamadugu and Proddatur.

A sea of people, young and old, lined up to welcome YS Jagan. The atmosphere at the Vempalli was not only festive but a loud and clear message that the people of Andhra Pradesh stood behind their leader.

During the entire stretch of Bus Yatra from Idupulapaya to Proddutur, people gathered on roadsides at key thoroughfares and welcomed the yatra with Jai Jagan slogans and showered flower petals on the Chief Minister who came out of the bus and reciprocated by waving to the crowds and greeting them with folded hands.

At some places, the Chief Minister reached the top of the bus and greeted people who gathered and welcomed him bearing the scorching heat.

As the roadshow reached Veerannagattu Palli, people gathered in huge numbers and offered him a ‘Gajamala’. On the first day, the bus yatra covered 64 km in the YSR district.

In the course of his Bus Yatra, the Chief Minister interacted with various groups of people and intellectuals in the morning hours and received representations from them on improving Government functioning.

After the public meeting at Proddatur bypass road, the YSRCP chief would make a halt at Allagadda in Nandyala district.

On Thursday he would participate in an interaction at Yerraguntla around 11 am in Allagadda and then address a public meeting at Nandyala around 5 pm.

Scheduled to touch 21 districts and 148 Assembly constituencies, the bus tour began from Idupulupaya and would culminate at Icchapuram in Srikakulam district in the North Andhra region.

Designed to connect with the grassroots, the ‘Memanta Siddham’ bus tour would help YS Jagan to directly engage with people as well as address public meetings in areas that were hitherto not covered by the four Siddham public meetings.