Will return to power in next polls: Naidu

TD Mahanadu was kickstarted with fanfare at Manduvaripalem near Ongole on Friday, with an assertion by former chief minister Chandrababu Naidu that his party will romp back to power in the next polls.

Thousands of partymen including a large number of youths and a sizable number of women arrived from all parts of the state for the highly publicized event. The city was virtually painted yellow.

In his welcome address, the party national president slammed the Jagan Reddy government saying it was crushing the state’s people with its ‘welfare betrayals, “all-round loot” and unbearable taxes’.

Naidu said the YSRCP leaders were so criminalised, corrupt and incorrigible that they lost the right to rule the state. All sections of the people were rejecting the false welfare claims being made by chief minister Jagan, he said.

Naidu described Jagan as an 'inefficient leader' presiding over the government in a maniacal manner in the company of liars, the corrupt and the hardcore criminals. In just three years, the Jagan “misrule” pushed Andhra Pradesh into a `8 lakh crore debt trap with “zero development” and no roads, he said.

Naidu accused Jagan of selling Rajya Sabha nominations and telling blatant lies to the people.

“One YCP RS nomination was given to a former TDP leader from Telangana, who had in the past got 12 backward castes like Thurpu Kapu and Koppula Velama deleted from the BC list. This leader had gone to court and put hurdles in the four per cent reservations to Minorities,” Naidu said.