It will be MAVIGUN Vs Amaravati in next elections: Jagan

Amaravati, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party president Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday declared that the next election in the state will be fought on MAVIGUN versus Amaravati.

Making it clear that YSRCP stand by MAVIGUN, he told a news conference that the party would make it an election issue and include this in its manifesto.

MAVIGUN is the state capital corridor proposed by Jagan Mohan Reddy. It comprises Machilipatnam, Vijayawada, and Guntur.

“Next election will be fought on the battle – MAVIGUN versus Amaravati. We stand by it. We are for MAVIGUN. Everybody who is for MAVIGUN will vote for YSRCP. Everybody who is for Amaravati will vote for Chandrababu,” he said.

Jagan Mohan Reddy has been opposing Amaravati as the state capital, as he says that Amaravati is steeped in corruption.

“We are totally against the rampant corruption going on in the name of Amaravati, and MAVIGUN is the fitting reply to it. Exorbitant rates are being paid to contractors in the name of Amaravati, and MAVIGUN is the answer to it as it has natural advantages and ready-made infrastructure,” he said.

Speaking on the Dalit Christian issue, Jagan Mohan Reddy alleged that the leaders in the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) are trying to whip up caste and religious passions, and Chandrababu is maintaining stoic silence. He should make his party's stand on the Dalit Christian issue clear to the Justice Balakrishnan Commission, to which YSRCP has given its view supporting the issue.

“The social status of a person will not change by converting to another religion, and we expressed our stand on the issue, and earlier we had passed a resolution in the Assembly as well. Chandrababu has been maintaining silence even when his party leaders have been whipping religious passions by spreading venom. TDP should make its stand on the Dalit Christian issue public,” he said.

The former Chief Minister lashed out at the coalition government for its gross failure in maintaining law and order.

Coining the slogan "Hey Ram, Save Andhra," Jagan Mohan Reddy said, Chandrababu has weaponised the police and is using them to settle political scores.

He alleged that the Chief Minister has set a new trend of making victims into accused. “This pattern could be seen in the recent Undavalli incident where our Party team was attacked by TDP cadre. While we were the victims, cases were registered against us. Our team was on its way to Penumaka on the invitation of farmers to observe the harassment meted out to them and the large-scale corruption and extravaganza involved in Amaravati.”

The YSRCP chief said that those questioning the government are being harassed by foisting false cases and sent to jail. “It is a Jungle Raj out there, but we will stand by the victims and fight it out,” he asserted.

Jagan Mohan Reddy said the manner in which the custodial death of Sai Krishna was dealt with shows that the law and order situation in the state is at its worst.

“The issue was kept under wraps for a long time and came to light only after my visit to Sai Krishna's house to console his family,” he said and referred to the stunning details in the remand report.

He said that the top officials were not booked in the serious custodial death case, and the CCTV footage has disappeared from the three-tier storage points, which clearly shows how the bigwigs were trying to water down the case. “There is every effort to save the top people, and the remand report has been revealing astounding and atrocious details. The loss of CCTV footage and no call data collection shows how the case is being covered up, and the government has no remorse either,” he said.

Jagan also alleged that police are watering down the suicide of Dalit youth Kranthi Kumar, who gave a dying declaration in the form of a video which has gone viral. Incidents of police excesses have been coming out in Kurnool, Tenali, Srikakulam and other places where the law is being taken into their hands.

On the SIR issue, he said efforts are on to delete the names of YSRCP sympathisers from the voter list.

He claimed that farmers are facing the brunt under the coalition government as they are cheated on all fronts. All the measures taken up by the YSRCP government are being scrapped, and Rythu Bharosa Kendras (RBKs) are being made dysfunctional. There is no crop insurance, input subsidy and the prices of tobacco, mango and other crops are falling, but the government has no concern.

Source: IANS