PNS|Vijayawada
Mylavaram MLA Vasantha Krishna Prasad has scotched the rumours that he is switching loyalties to another party.
Speaking at a press conference in Vijayawada on Friday, Krishna Prasad said, “Certain TV channels and newspapers are speculating a lot about me quitting the YSRCP. They are all rumors. The yellow media is behind this misinformation. I reiterate that my loyalties lie with the YSRCP.”
“Issues within the party are common and it is across all parties. I raised the issue of my differences with Jogi Ramesh to CM Jagan. The CM has asked me to concentrate on my Assembly constituency and ignore the rest.
The CM has assured me that I will be on his team for 25 years. I will work with Jogi Ramesh to ensure YSRCP’s victory,” he clarified.
Giving his opinion on TDP leader Nara Lokesh’s ‘padayatra’, Krishna Prasad pointed out, “Not everyone who does the ‘padayatra’ can become a CM. If that is the case, roads will be full of ‘padayatras’. Lokesh will not become CM in his lifetime. His ‘padayatra’ will cause serious damage to the TDP.”
The MLA slammed TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu for his anti-Backward Classes stance.
“Has the TDP government worked for even a quarter of what the Jagan government has done for the poor and the weaker sections? In five years, TDP spent only Rs 33,000 crore on the weaker sections. But YSRCP has spent Rs 58,000 crore for SCs, Rs 15,000 crore for STs, and Rs 18,000 for SC- Sub-Plan in just three-and-a-half years. Through DBT schemes, an additional Rs 30,000 crore has been spent on the poor. CM Jagan said that he is ready to provide more help in the remaining phase of this government,” Krishna Prasad asserted.
The MLA was specifically critical of TDP leader Devineni Uma. “People like Devineni Uma want to take advantage of my situation and are propagating negative news on social media. Being a former minister of TDP, he has shamelessly grabbed the land of a common man for his party office. That’s why he will only survive in a party where his leader has robbed NTR of power to take control of the party,” he said.
Krishna Prasad is confident that the people of Andhra Pradesh will re-elect the YSRCP government.
