After criticising her brother and Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, and cousin Y.S. Avinash Reddy, it was the turn of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Y.S. Sharmila Reddy to take on her maternal uncle Pochimareddy Ravindranath Reddy, the MLA of Kamalapuram Assembly segment under Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency.
During her campaign in Kamalapuram on May 7 (Tuesday), she criticised Mr. Reddy for “misgovernance and lack of development in the constituency”. “The MLA had promised irrigation for 1 lakh acres through Galeru Nagari Sujala Sravanthi (GNSS) project, but not a single inch of land has benefited so far. Instead of completing Sarvaraya project, he is focussed on getting water only for his aquaculture farms,” alleged Ms. Sharmila.
Expressing her inability to distribute money ahead of the elections owing to financial constraints, Ms. Sharmila appealed to the public to accept the money being distributed by her uncle, but cast their vote with conscience. “Can’t he spend money for his niece?” she asked the voters in a tongue-in-cheek remark.
