Telugu Desam Party (TDP) State president K. Atchannaidu on October 20 released a book titled, ‘AP Hates Jagan’, which highlights the failures of Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy in the last four-and-a-half years.
On the occasion, Mr. Atchannaidu said the government was mired in corruption and it had scant regard for democracy and constitutional tenets, which was evident from the “illegal arrest” of party national president and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in the skill development scam case.
He alleged that only a few promises made by Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy at the time of the 2019 elections had been implemented. The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) rule was a total disaster, and obviously neither the Chief Minister nor other leaders would accept it. Farmers, women, youth and various sections were victims of the policies and actions of the YSRCP government.
Expectations of a revival of the fortunes of Andhra Pradesh after bifurcation were belied as Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy began his autocratic rule by demolishing the Praja Vedika.
Everything had since moved in the reverse gear and the Chief Minister would not give up its dictatorial functioning. As a consequence, the State hurtled from one crisis to another. Mr. Atchannaidu said the YSRCP failed to achieve Special Category Status and get other things done in favour of the State in spite of being a dominant force. Whoever questioned the government was persecuted, like it happened in the case of Mr. Naidu.
The book released by him gives a comprehensive picture of the alleged corruption in which the government was mired and its failures on multiple fronts. People should realise the dangers of voting back the YSRCP to power in the 2024 elections, he added.
MLC Panchumarthi Anuradha, former Ministers K. Kala Venkata Rao, Nakka Ananda Babu and K.S. Jawahar, MLA Gadde Rammohan Rao, former MLAs Bonda Umamaheswara Rao and party leaders Varla Ramaiah, K. Pattabhiram and M. Srinivasa Reddy was present.
