The senior TDP leader and former minister, Mr Kalva Sriniasulu, on Monday came down heavily on the YSRCP stating that the ruling party is playing divisive politics in the State.
Talking to media persons at the party headquarters here, Mr Kalva Srinivasulu said that the YSRCP is taking wild pleasure by bringing in regional and community division among the people of the State. The people elected the party to develop the State and work for the welfare of all sections of society, the YSRCP after coming to power has not taken any measures towards this in the past three-and-half years, he stated.
“Even the developmental works that were launched during the TDP regime too came to a standstill,” he stated. What is surprising is that the ruling party itself is playing cheap politics and the YSRCP leaders are resorting to agitational methods, Mr Kalva Srinivasulu observed.
The MLA from Tirupati, Mr Bhumana Karunakara Reddy, despite continuing in the ruling party, has taken out a rally stating that injustice is being done to Rayalaseema, the TDP leader pointed out. The YSRCP MLA has been claiming that the 1937 Sri Bagh agreement is not being implemented, Mr Srinivasulu said.
Stating that the TDP, during its tenure, has taken all possible measures for the overall development of the Rayalaseema region, Mr Kalva Srinivasulu said that since the power is now in the hands of the YSRCP, it is the ruling party that should take the steps for the progress of the region. Who is coming in the way of the YSRCP to take the measures towards the development of Rayalaseema, he asked.
Instead, the ruling party leaders themselves are raking up trouble in the region, the TDP leader said and stated that the Chief Minister, Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy, who belongs to the Rayalaseema has not taken any initiative till now for the development of the region. Why did the ruling party MLAs from the area not demand Mr Jagan to take the necessary measures, he asked.
The TDP national president and former chief minister, Mr Chandrababu Naidu, has a vision and always struggled for the development of the whole State. Mr Chandrababu is a leader with commitment and worked for decentralised progress of the State, he maintained.
But, Mr Jagan who is toeing the line of the Chief Minister of the neighbouring Telangana, Mr K Chandrasekhara Rao, is doing injustice to the region, Mr Kalva Srinivasulu said. The Chief Minister has mortgaged Rayalaseema to Mr KCR for his personal gains and how long this can be allowed to be continued, he asked.
For ages, the family members of Mr Jagan have been looting the region doing great injustice to the people from the area, he said. The YSRCP leaders are cashing in on the innocence of the people of Rayalaseema, Mr Kalva Srinivasulu observed.
The former minister demanded Mr Jagan to release a white paper on the funds spent till now for the development of the region. No steps are being taken to complete the Handri-Neeva project, he said and wanted the people to question Mr Jagan as to why he failed to initiate any steps towards completing the ongoing projects.
Mr Srinivasulu said that the TDP will soon begin its programme to bring all sections of people onto a common platform and will explain to them how the region is suffering from the misdeeds of Mr Jagan. There is an urgent need to teach a lesson to the Chief Minister, he said and cautioned the people of the region to be vigilant on the atrocities being committed by the ruling party leaders.
