AMARAVATI: Asserting that the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is the party of commoners, party supremo and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh N Chandrababu Naidu called for a renewed struggle for the 'reconstruction of the state.'
Naidu said that the destructors have got the chance to rule the state which took the state several decades back.
He said that development was completely ruined in the last three years after TDP demitted the office. He vowed to rebuild Andhra Pradesh with much dedication.
As the party turned 41 on Tuesday, its leaders and cadres in over 40 countries held celebrations. They held rallies and organized celebrations with cake cutting ceremonies. Addressing the party leaders and cadres in different nations through a video-conference, Naidu recalled how NTR launched the TDP exactly on this day forty years ago and showed the power of Telugu self-respect to the whole world.
“Now that the motherland was facing an existential threat under the present regime, everyone had a duty to fight with self-confidence to regain 'Telugu pride',” appealed Naidu.
The TDP chief lauded the Telugu diaspora for taking an active part in Janmabhoomi rural development works during the TDP regime. Naidu said that the TDP had weathered and overcame many obstacles in its long journey. “NTR sowed strong foundation for the party's pro-poor welfare agenda. He ushered in bold reforms by cancelling Patel-Patwari system to remove suppression and introduced mandal system for reaching out to people. The Rs 2kg rice scheme stood as an ideal model for food security for the whole country,” he said.
He asserted that the TDP laid the foundation for a vibrant knowledge economy by developing infrastructure projects in IT and other sectors. Huge wealth creation had enabled greater scope for poverty alleviation. Children of farmers and poor families went to all corners of the world, took up jobs and sent back money for their parents.
The party leader said the TDP regime came out with a grand plan to create new opportunities for the Andhra people by developing Amaravati on the lines of Hyderabad after the 2014 bifurcation. However, the present government stalled Amaravati and also chased away industries, he alleged.
The TDP chief termed it as a matter of pride as the party NRI units were celebrating 40th foundation day in over 200 cities spread over 40 countries. The NRIs in Europe extended timely help to bring back the stranded Telugus from the war-torn Ukraine. The NRI TDP units were responding immediately with a sacred duty to help those in need of help in times of emergency.
He further said since its inception, the TDP has been giving top priority to poverty eradication and finding solutions to the problems of people. The party has now completed four decades of committed services to the people.
Earlier, in a tweet, the leader asserted that the TDP would always stand for development, welfare and equal distribution of power among all sections. The TDP would go down in history as the only political party that had passed on the benefits of reforms to the village level.
