Jagan attacks TDP against 4-yr living hell campaign

Amaravathi YSRCP president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has attacked opposition leaders Nara Chandrababu Naidu (TDP) and Jana Sena's Pawan Kalyan as those unable to digest good things happening to the people of the State while the TDP launched "Nalugella Narakam" (four years of living hell) campaign pointing out at the alleged failures of the ruling dispensation.

On June 28, while disbursing Rs 6,393 crore under ‘Jagananna Amma Vodi', a scheme which pays Rs 15,000 to eligible mothers for encouraging their children to study, Reddy launched a scathing attack on Naidu, Kalyan and a section of media houses, branding them an "evil quartet" which cannot digest good things happening to the masses.

Comparing them to Mahatma Gandhi's famous moral message projecting monkey trio--don't see evil, don't speak evil, don't hear evil, Reddy alleged his political detractors project the wrong message of not seeing good, not speaking good, not hearing good and not doing good. According to Reddy, Naidu, despite being the chief minister for 14 years and three times, did not do anything good but always brought a manifesto before polls to later throw it into the dust bin.

He alleged Naidu's manifesto cheats people with fake promises. Focusing on Kalyan, Reddy lambasted that he did not question Naidu's failures but threatened to beat up his opponents and uttered abuses. The Jana Sena founder has embarked on a political yatra (journey) of various villages and deliver speeches from atop the specially made vehicle called 'Varahi' as part of his preparation to face the 2024 Assembly elections in the state.

Reacting to Kalyan's fiery speeches, Reddy said he lacks constituency. Stating he is battling people who champion injustice, Reddy said he may not have the support of some 'perennially' lying media houses but that he puts his trust in God and people. Meanwhile, the main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) launched a campaign titled "Nalugella Narakam" on June 27, sharing statistics alleging deteriorating law and order situation in the State.

Posters showed up in places such as Guntur Complex, government hospitals in Vijayawada and Ongole railway station, which highlighted alleged rise in crime rate, attacks on backward classes and women, closure of aided schools, farmer suicides, discontinuation of scholarships to post graduate students, moving away of MNCs and reduced health services in the Arogyasri scheme.