“Trounce the Congress and the Telugu Desam Party and ensure victory of YSR Congress in the next elections to put an end to your woes,” Y.S. Sharmila, daughter of former Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, told people on the second day of her ‘Maro Praja Prasthanam’ padayatra on Friday.
She inspected banana plantation, groundnut and cotton crops and interacted with farmers and spoke to women, pensioners and students during the padayatra from Rajiv Nagar Colony in Vempalle to Vemula mandal headquarters, a stretch of 19 kms. in Pulivendula constituency. Ms. Sharmila walked briskly along with party MLA Sobha Nagi Reddy, former Minister Konda Surekha and official spokeswoman Vasireddy Padma and others, while her mother Y.S. Vijayamma followed her in a car and greeted the people.
Women raised slogans in support of YSRC president and Kadapa MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy and raised slogans demanding his release.
Pension hike promised
Ms. Sharmila promised enhancement of old age and widow pensions to Rs. 600 a month and monthly assistance of Rs. 500 per child for education if Mr. Jaganmohan Reddy gained power. She slammed Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy for not purchasing requisite power from other States resulting in a worst power crisis and shelving irrigation projects conceived by her father. At Nandipalle, a groundnut farmer lamented that groundnut crop in his two and half acres withered away causing loss of Rs. 50,000, but no official visited to assess the crop loss. She got a rousing welcome in Duggannagaripalle village. When a woman, whose husband required kidney transplantation, thanked Ms. Vijayamma for giving Rs. 20,000 towards assistance. Sharmila assured to bear expenses of surgery if she got a kidney donor.
After lunch she proceeded to Ammayyagaripalle, V. Kothapalle and Vemula, where she made a night halt. Party leaders Y.V. Subba Reddy, Nellore MP Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy, official spokesman, Ambati Rambabu and MLAs B. Karunakar Reddy, N. Prasanna Kumar Reddy, K.K. Mahender Reddy, G. Babu Rao, A. Amarnath Reddy, G. Srikanth Reddy and K. Srinivasulu, former Kadapa Mayor P. Raveendranath Reddy, Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy participated.
Keywords: padayatra, Sharmila, YSR Congress, Maro Praja Prasthanam
There is not reason question Hindu's integrity.
But its not a secret that Jagan has popularity owing to Caste and Religion. If somebody says he is not corrupt and the allegations are still pending, and majority shares his opinion, its silly.
Nobody can keep a popular politician inside jail for this length if there are no concrete proofs against them.
Now don't tell that Jagan earned all his assets just like other pioneer entrepreneurs with great legal ideas.
What Hindu is doing is doing their job--reporting news, unlike biased and corrupt publications giving their opinions. The matter with jagan is politically motivated and subjudice and is not proper to make conclusions of corruption. Fortunately majority of people side with this opinion.
Nobody is saying to black out all YSR party's news. Question is why the Hindu which
so much espouses about integrity and honesty in all spheres, is actually promoting
one party, whose President is facing multiple corruption charges. It should equally
cover all the other political parties as well.
@Bhuvan,
So you are asking The Hindu not to report the news as they see? Yes in Andhra
Pradesh, there is a huge following for YSR family even though there are allegations
(though not proved yet) against them. So you want The Hindu to completely ban YSR
family from news? What a great idea?
Bhuvan is absolutely right. Instead of educating the people about the dangers
that family poses to people and democracy, Hindu is going to great great lengths
that this family comes back to power again.
What is up with The Hindu? You seem to biased with YSR family, most corrupt in the history of AP, if not in India. The Hindu is known for high standards of journalism. Is this changing? You have written a little or unhighlighted coverage of clear evidence of corruption cases that CBI has been painstakingly uncovering, on the other hand, you are more 'pumped' up about this shameless and most selfish 'yatra', covering very 'positively'.
As a journalist, you have greater power to influence public towards the well being of society/country. Exercise that power responsibly, and do what is morally right.
I support your right to write what you think is correct for I believe in democracy.
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