Sonia, Kiran, Naidu should go: Jagan

Bhogapuram (Vizianagaram dist) : Affirming that the political canvas has changed to the worse after the death of YSR, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has said the trio Sonia Gandhi, Kiran Kumar Reddy and N Chandrababu Naidu should go to bring in a clean political system that can think in terms of people’s welfare and shun divisive politics.

Addressing a public meeting here on Sunday, he said, the ensuing elections are being held in the backdrop of farmers and students being deprived of water and jobs in the state capital and the resentment should rise like a tempest and wash away the divisive forces giving a decisive mandate to YSRCP that has been firm for a united state.

“We shall win 30 MP seats in the battle between Delhi arrogance and Telugu self-pride and see who could dare divide the state. We will vote for a Prime Minister who would keep the state united. Kiran Kumar Reddy who has been threatening to quit, was very subservient to Sonia Gandhi and helped her in every possible way from the day the decision of division was taken in the CWC some eight months back. Had he resigned that time his sincerity would have had some credence and the situation would not have come to such a pass.

Chandrababu Naidu on the other hand encourages his party members to speak as per their regional aspirations. He lacks leadership qualities as the President of any Party must be in a position to seek votes going to any region. These three persons are responsible for turmoil and whipping up of regional passions in the state and they should go, “he said.

The political system has to change as people in power are thinking in terms of political advantage and sending adversaries to jail instead of showing concern to people’s welfare.

Describing the nine-year TDP term under Chandrababu Naidu as a dark age in the state politics, he said, YSR’s padayatra had turned a new leaf in the state politics. The TDP term has driven farmers to suicides and charged exorbitant rate of interests to loans given to women groups. Naidu ran the government like a corporate house and passed very snide remarks when the talk of welfare and sops to farmers came up.

YSR, who led the Party to a thumping victory in 2004, has shown how a welfare state should be and has launched Aargyasri to provide quality medicare and the 108 ambulance would ferry the poor to corporate hospitals for free treatment. He introduced fees reimbursement with a view that at least one person in a house will get technical education free of cost to take care of the family. He has increased the old age pension manifold and provided pavala vaddi loans to women groups.

These and many other such deeds made him live in the hearts of the poor even four years after his death. Rejecting the divisive forces will bring his gold era back, he said.  INN