Losing North Andhra teachers’ MLC Seat A Slap On Coalition’S Face: YCP

Visakhapatnam: YSRCP Visakhapatnam district president and former Minister Gudivada Amarnath on Tuesday said the North Andhra Teachers’ MLC election result is a stinging rebuke to the coalition government’s anti-people policies.

Describing it as a slap on the face of the coalition, he told the media here that the NDA-backed candidate lost the polls for its discriminatory stance toward North Andhra.

Asserting that teachers have dealt a powerful blow to its misrule, he accused coalition leaders of brazenly claiming the victorious PRTU candidate, Srinivasulu Naidu, as their own after their nominee, Raghuvarma, suffered a crushing defeat, despite TDP and Jana Sena’s overt support for Raghuvarma, evidenced by campaigns from leaders like TDP State president Palla Srinivas Rao, Union Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu and Agricutlure Minister Atchan Naidu.

Amarnath dared them to produce proof of backing Naidu, dismissing their flip-flop as laughable. Labeling the coalition anti-employee, Amarnath said the result reflects widespread discontent within nine months, with teachers, 35 per cent of the workforce, exposing

its failures.