YSRC has become hub of criminals: Naidu

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N. Chandrababu Naidu said that YSR Congress president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy would go to jail in six months and not return before 20 years.

Addressing an impressive public meeting at the RTC bus stand in Piler town on Sunday, Mr. Naidu said that Mr. Jaganmohan Reddy was shuddering at the thought of the BJP-TDP alliance and Pawan Kalyan supporting it. “In order to protect himself, Mr. Jaganmohan Reddy is hoodwinking Muslims with all kinds of stories. He wants power to save himself from criminal cases and loot the State further. It was me who protected religious harmony in Hyderabad. I shall be the armour for the Muslim brothers,” he said. He defended the TDP alliance with BJP, saying that it was for the sake of developing the State.

Targets Kiran

The TDP chief said that the YSRC has become a hub of criminals and a ‘family party,’ with several of the family members contesting the elections, including Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, Vijayamma (Vizag MP candidate), Avinash Reddy (Kadapa), Y.V. Subba Reddy (Ongole) and Ravindranath Reddy (Kamalapuram Assembly seat).

Training his guns on JSP president N. Kiran Kumar Reddy and his brother Kishore Kumar Reddy (Piler candidate for JSP), Mr. Naidu alleged that Mr. Kishore Kumar Reddy had looted the forest wealth with large-scale smuggling of red sanders. He urged the people to vote for TDP candidate Iqbal Ahmed, ‘who has no money, but integrity’.

Mr. Naidu said that he had learnt politics from N.T. Rama Rao. Appealing to farmers, he said: “I am the son of a farmer. I will stand by you at all times.”

Infra projects

He listed the various poll promises, including the infrastructural development of Seemandhra on a par with Singapore.

Mr Naidu’s schedule in his home district was delayed by over four hours and his itinerary included Punganur, Kuppam, Palamaner and Chittoor, followed by a night halt at Tirupati.

Earlier, crowds surged at Piler, expecting the arrival of Pawan Kalyan along with Mr. Chandrababu Naidu, but were disappointed with just the presence of Mr. Chandrababu Naidu.