-Chandrababu Naidu calls for ‘reconstruction of AP’
-Motherland caught in the hands of destruction
-Renewed struggle to regain past glory of Telugu race
-Existential threat to motherland under YCP rule
-NTR founded party for Telugu self-respect
AMARAVATI: As the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) turns 41 on Tuesday, its National President and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu extended warm greetings and called for a renewed struggle for the ‘reconstruction of Andhra Pradesh’.
Naidu recalled how NTR launched the TDP exactly on this day forty years ago and showed the power of Telugu self-respect to the whole world. Now that the motherland was facing an existential threat under the present regime, everyone had a duty to fight with self-confidence to regain ‘Telugu pride’.
In a video address to the Telugu NRIs, the TDP chief lauded the Telugu diaspora for taking an active part in Janmabhoomi rural development works for the construction of motherland. As of now, the State has fallen back into the hands of forces of destruction. Time has come for the entire race to rededicate efforts in order to restore the ‘Telugu pride’.
Naidu said in its long journey, the TDP had weathered and overcame many obstacles. NTR sowed strong foundation for the party’s pro-poor welfare agenda. He ushered in bold reforms by cancelling Patel-Patwari system to remove suppression and introduced mandalika system for reaching out to people. The Rs 2 Kg rice scheme stood as an ideal model for food security for the whole country.
Naidu asserted that in the united AP, the TDP laid the foundation for a vibrant knowledge economy by developing infrastructure projects in IT and other sectors. Huge wealth creation had enabled greater scope for poverty alleviation. Children of farmers and poor families went to all corners of the world, took up jobs and sent back money for their parents.
Chandrababu Naidu said after the 2014 bifurcation, the TDP regime came out with a grand plan to create new opportunities for the AP people by developing Amaravati on the lines of Hyderabad. However, the present Government stalled Amaravati and also chased away industries. There has been no development in the past three years.
The TDP chief termed it as a matter of pride as the party NRI units were celebrating 40th foundation day in over 200 cities spread over 40 countries. The NRIs in Europe extended timely help to bring back the stranded Telugus in the war-torn Ukraine. The NRI TDP units were responding immediately with a sacred duty to help those in need of help in times of emergency.
Naidu said since its inception, the TDP has been giving top priority to poverty eradication and finding solutions to the problems of people. The party has now completed four decades of committed services to the people.
Earlier, in a tweet, Naidu asserted that the TDP would always stand for development, welfare and equal distribution of power among all sections. The TDP would go down in history as the only political party that had passed on the benefits of reforms to the village level.
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