AP Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy
Macherla (Palnadu Dist): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSRCP president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday said that his party is the natural ally of people, unlike TDP which has ganged up with ‘foster-son’ and friendly media to hoodwink the people with false election promises. Addressing a huge public meeting here, he mocked the mini election manifesto of TDP and Jana Sena Party and said that people are not ready to believe the 11-point false election promises of Naidu and his ‘foster-son’ Pawan Kalyan. “Who would believe Naidu who had cheated self-help groups of women and farmers with false promises of loan-waiver, who had created the illusion of Amaravati while neglecting decentralisation, who helped his son and grandson pursue education in corporate schools while opposing English medium schools and who opposed allotment of house-sites to the poor citing demographic imbalance,” he wondered.
The government has so far spent Rs 2,40,000 crore and Rs 1,70,000 crore through DBT and non-DBT schemes respectively implementing 99.95 per cent of its election promises besides creating 2.7 lakh government jobs during the last 53 months. The government has been striving hard for the social, political, economic and educational empowerment of SC, ST, BC and minorities, he said, adding that the welfare schemes and people’s confidence in the Government are his courage.
“Despite Covid-19 pandemic and heavy borrowings thrust on us by the TDP rule, we never stopped implementing welfare programmes and development works. That is our commitment, and this is the right time for people to compare the present and previous regime,” he said.
