Will never neglect Telangana, says Jaganmohan Reddy after warm reception in Warangal
'YSRC would implement all welfare schemes listed in its Telangana manifesto'
Hyderabad: YSR Congress chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday rode triumphantly into Mahbubabad in Warangal district, four years after his visit was stalled by stone-throwing Telangana activists.
The YSRC chief was arrested on May 28, 2010, at Vangapalli railway station on his way to Mahbubabad for his Odarpu Yatra, and violence erupted. On Sunday, massive crowds greeted him. He told them that he was happy to be in the town, and that he found the people warm. Addressing the gathering, Mr Jagan said the YSRC would implement all welfare schemes listed in its Telangana manifesto .
YSR Congress chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy said that though he will soon become the CM of Seemandhra, he will not neglect Telangana.
“Very soon I will be taking over as Chief Minister of Seemandhra, but it does not mean that this state will be neglected. YSR is in the hearts of all Telugu people and I assure you that all welfare schemes named in the manifesto will be implemented in Telangana as well,” he said.
He said his sister Y S Sharmila would begin the Odarpu Yatra in Telangana after elections. “We come to know about the plight of people only through such mass contact programmes and I have learnt the way of life of the poorest of the poor during my Odarpu Yatra which finds reflection in the manifesto.”
He added, “It is important for political leaders to mingle with people to know firsthand their problems and aspirations. I have spent time with many families and no leader has taken this line of approach so far, he said.
Recalling the administration of his father Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, the YSRC president said, “Five years after YSR’s death still he is remembered by the people as his welfare schemes had touched every section of society and he did not impose any fresh taxes or increase any fares.”
As against this, he said, “We have seen the dark age of Chandrababu Naidu who did not care for farmers, students, women and his policies were anti-people. Pensions and housing were meagre and were carried out on quota system limiting the number of beneficiaries. He ignored poll promises and increased the price of rice from Rs 2 kg rice to Rs 5.25, lifted prohibition and encouraged belt shops. He is in the habit of forgetting poll promises after elections. Even now he is coming with promises aplenty,” Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy said
“Naidu is promising of loan waivers, free cell phones and television sets and his past says that he is not in the habit of fulfilling the election promises.”
He also took on the Congress, alleging that after the death of YSR “it burdened the people heavily and did not bring in a single new project. It brought down the values of the political system.”