Naidu calls upon TDP leaders to thwart YSRCP’s ‘vicious campaign’

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu called upon TDP leaders to dispel the ‘‘wrong notion created among the public by the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) that Amaravati was flooded, the Prakasam Barrage was in danger due to heavy discharges caused by the recent downpour, and that the Kondaveeti Vagu lift irrigation scheme pumps were not working’‘.

This false propaganda revealed that the YSRCP intended to derive political mileage by misleading the people. The YSRCP’s conspiracy should be thwarted, he told the party leaders, including Ministers, MPs, MLAs, MLCs, Parliamentary leaders and zonal coordinators, in a teleconference on Monday.

Mr. Naidu said while the coalition government managed to keep all of its electoral promises, mainly the Super Six schemes, in spite of constraints in the last one year, the YSRCP was trying all the tricks to show it in poor light. The elected representatives and the TDP cadres reached out to 1.24 crore families and explained what had been accomplished but the YSRCP kept up its mischievous campaign for obvious reasons notwithstanding the fact that the people were acknowledging the good work being done by the government. 

Mr. Naidu went on to say that the government filled nominated posts with the cadres who sweated it out for the success of the TDP, in order to reward them. On the other hand, the YSRCP was spreading false propaganda through its media houses thereby ‘poisoning’ the minds of the people. ‘‘What the YSRCP is doing should not be ignored, lest the people should be influenced by its vicious campaign,’‘ he said, exhorting the party functionaries to be disciplined and alert to the YSRCP’s machinations. They should refrain from involving themselves in controversies, he said. 

TDP committees

The Chief Minister said the government would sternly deal with anti-social elements masquerading as politicians, and ordered that the formation of the TDP committees must be completed by the end of August. The TDP cadres have done a great job by securing an impressive victory in the ZPTC elections in Pulivendula and Vontimitta, he added.