The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has a long association with Visakhapatnam starting with Mayor NSN Reddy, who was the first Mayor of the city way back in 1981. He was instrumental in the preparation of the Master Plan for Visakhapatnam four decades ago, according to BJP State President D. Purandeswari.
The BJP president is touring all districts in Andhra Pradesh as part of the party’s strategy to create awareness among the people about the funds being sanctioned by the Centre to the State for various infrastructure projects and other development activities, and thereby strengthen the party from the grass root-level.
Addressing a media conference in Visakhapatnam on December 19, Ms. Purandeswari said that she has already completed touring around 20 districts in A.P. and was planning to cover the remaining districts in the next few days. She recalled that Visakhapatnam was also part of the ‘Golden Qaudrilateral’, initiated by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, for widening of the National Highways in the country into 4-lanes.
