The YSR Congress has decided to raise the ruling Telugu Desam Party’s efforts to lure its MLAs through “unethical means” at the national level.
A delegation of the party leaders will meet the President, the Prime Minister, and the Chief Election Commissioner, and represent them about the defection engineered by the TDP in Andhra Pradesh.
A decision to this effect was taken at an extended meeting of the party chaired by party president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy here on Tuesday.
The YSRC delegation is expected to visit New Delhi during May first week after the appointment with the President, the Prime Minister, and the Chief Election Commissioner is fixed.
The visit would be preceded by a candlelight rally and dharna in all district headquarters on April 25 with the slogan ‘Save democracy’.
The meeting decided to take out candlelight rallies in protest against the ruling party’s efforts to even shield the defected legislators from the provisions of the anti-defection law. The YSRC alleged that the manner in which the MLAs were being lured exposed the TDP’s scant respect for the Constitution.
The main opposition party would also stage dharna with empty pots in all mandal and district headquarters on May 2 in protest against the government’s failure to come to the rescue of people suffering on account of severe drought.
The government totally failed to take steps to address the acute drinking water shortage faced across the districts, the party alleged.
