Describing the next Assembly elections as ‘Kurukshetra war’, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has called upon the people to stand by the YSRCP and teach the Opposition a fitting lesson.
Addressing a public meeting here on Wednesday, the Chief Minister said that the government had spent Rs. 3 lakh crore for implementing a series of DBT and non-DBT welfare programmes in the past four years, giving utmost priority to people’s welfare.
He asked the people to make a genuine assessment to find out whether they had benefited from the welfare programmes and compare the current welfare policies with those implemented by the TDP government.
“The poor were totally neglected during the TDP rule as Chandrababu Naidu never cared for their welfare,” he said, asking the people to think why the previous government did not implement any welfare programme.
“We are implementing a plethora of welfare programmes though the present budget was less percentage wise compared to the budget in TDP rule. The only change is the Chief Minister. How come the TDP government failed to implement welfare programmes for the poor as we do now,” he asked, stating that Naidu only implemented the policy of plunder, stash and devour while his foster son and friendly media had silently supported him.
He said the pro-poor government was fighting a class war unleashed by the pro-capitalist TDP with the backing of its friendly media and foster son and it was the responsibility of the people to defeat their evil designs.
“Don’t be carried away by the vicious and malicious campaign launched by the gang of thieves for selfish ends. While Naidu and his foster son think their strength is the media which is indulging in falsehood, I strongly believe you are my strength and confidence. Naidu counts on his foster son whereas I count on you and God,” he told the people, appealing to them to become his soldiers and bring victory to the YSRCP in the next elections.
