Former minister and YSRCP MLA Vellampalli Srinivas Rao has challenged TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu, Pawan Kalyan, and Lokesh saying that he is ready to discuss what he did to Arya Vaisyas and is also ready to come to Telugu Desam Party office for the discussion. He said that the YSRCP government led by Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is working for the development and welfare of the Arya Vaisya community but opposition parties are trying to mislead the masses on this issue hence he is ready to prove development and welfare with all proofs.
Speaking to media persons on Sunday, Velampalli alleged that some political parties are trying to trouble him under the guise of Arya Vaisya Sanghas. He pointed out that Chandrababu Naidu never gave priority to Arya Vaisyas in the Telugu Desam government from 2014 to 2019. He claimed that after Jagan became CM of AP State, he gave many political and nominated positions to the Arya Vysya community.
Regarding the denial of permission for the mass programme of Arya Vysyas on the banks of Krishna river ghats, MLA Velampalli said that the organisers did not give information to the police regarding the performance of the mass Satyanarayana Vratamas. He said that presently thousands of devotees are coming for Kartika Pournami baths in the Krishna river ghats on the occasion of auspicious Karthika month but the group planned the event to cause trouble for the devotees with ill intentions.
The MLA alleged that Chandrababu, Pawan Kalyan, and BJP are Hindu traitors as they destroyed 40 temples in Vijayawada during the TDP-JSP-BJP government and they did not reconstruct those demolished temples. He pointed out that the BJP which claims to be the protector of Hindus, never objected to the demolishing of temples and reminded that CM Jagan is reconstructing those temples. He said that TDP was shedding crocodile tears on Arya Vysyas and asked if Lokesh had the guts to give Vijayawada West TDP tickets to Vaisyas.
