TENALI (GUNTUR): Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday dared TDP supremo Chandrababu Naidu and Janasena chief Pawan Kalyan to contest in all the 175 assembly constituencies in the state if they have guts to face the public.
He said that he is going "to win all the 175 seats" as he has trust in the public and blessings of God.
He appealed to people to extend their support to him only if they benefited during his rule.
The chief minister released the financial assistance to the farmers under YSR Rythu Bharosa-PM Kisan in Tenali in Guntur district on Tuesday.
He transferred nearly Rs 1,090 crore into the accounts of over 52 lakh farmers under the scheme.
The CM had also disbursed the input subsidy Rs 77 crore to about 90,000 farmers who lost the crop due to the Mandous cyclone.
Addressing a public meeting held in the agriculture market yard premises, the chief minister lashed out at opposition parties for deliberately misleading the people with the support of their own media houses.
He said that Naidu depended on a poisonous campaign and he had no courage to seek votes on the schemes and projects taken up during his regime.
“We have done good to each and every family in the last four years. We have kept all of our promises. In contrast, your son (referring to himself) has courage to seek votes based on his performance,” claimed Jagan.
He said that they have distributed over Rs 27,000 crore to the farmers giving nearly Rs 54,000 financial assistance to each farmer in the last four years.
“The state will prosper only when the farmer is happy. There is no drought in the last four years since your son (Jagan) took over the reins of the state. The state reeled under severe drought conditions throughout the five-year rule under Naidu,” said the CM.
He said that Naidu was synonymous with drought whenever he headed the state.
He said that next elections would be held between the party (YSRCP), which modernized the schools for the better future of the children from poor families, and the party (referring to TDP) which opposed the development of the schools.
He said that it would be a battle between the party (YSRCP) which took the sides of the poor and the party which backed the corporate firms.
He said that there would be a tussle between the party which took healthcare to the villages in a span of just four years and the party which had completely neglected the public healthcare system.
Jagan wanted the people to see the difference between the TDP and YSRCP regime and extend their support to them to continue the empowerment of the weaker sections in all spheres.
He lashed out at Naidu for opposing the grant of house-sites to the poor as he was unable to digest the initiative of YSRCP government.
He said that Naidu could not implement the welfare schemes initiated by YSRCP government as he was never a pro-poor leader.
He termed TDP as Tinuko (Eat)-Dochuko(Loot)-Panchuko (Distribute among the gang) as it had looted the public monies for the benefit of Naidu’s coterie.
He said that they have disbursed over Rs 2.2 lakh crore through DBT to the poor through various welfare schemes in a transparent mode of distribution.
Jagan exuded confidence that he would return to power in the next elections with the backing of people and God.
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