Jagan accuses Naidu of governance failure, launches ‘Manifesto Recall' campaign
Vijayawada: Alleging that chief minister Chandrababu Naidu is resorting to diversionary tactics to mask his governance failures, former chief minister YS
Jagan Mohan Reddy
said that rising anti-incumbency sentiments — evident from the massive turnout during his recent tours — reflect growing public dissatisfaction within just a year of the NDA assuming office.
Addressing the media on Thursday, Jagan accused Naidu of displaying authoritarian tendencies by suppressing dissent and allegedly misusing the police to target YSRCP leaders. "Their modus operandi is simple — catch the small fry, use coercion for confessions, and slap cases on our key leaders, hoping the public won't notice the manipulation," he said.
To hold the ruling party accountable, Jagan announced the launch of "Recalling of Naidu's Manifesto," an initiative that will encourage people to question
TDP
leaders about unfulfilled promises.
The campaign will include QR codes enabling citizens to access the manifesto. "Before the elections, the TDP circulated a 'Babu Surety, Future Guarantee' bond to every household. Now it's time to ask tough questions," he added.
He said that the huge success of betrayal day organised by YSRCP shows that anti-incumbency has set in very fast as none of the super six promises were implemented. He said that his visit to Sattenapalli on Wednesday in a curfew like situation shows the measure of repressive methods being adopted by Naidu government.
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He said that the government tried to scuttle his Podili visit by imposing huge restrictions.
Jagan said that Naidu deceived women and all sections of people by not implementing his poll promises more so the Sthri Nidhi, Talliki Vandanam, free bus travel, Deepam scheme and other schemes even one year after assuming office. Atrocities on women and young girls are growing and no complaint is being received nor investigation taken up.
He said that Naidu reacted on Kuppam incident only after he was trolled in social media.
Jagan said that the farmers were in distress and not getting minimum support prices (MSP) to any crop. He said that the debt percentage in the state's GSDP was 4.08% during his regime while it shot up to 5.12% in just one year under Naidu's rule. The ex-CM further said revenue deficit has reached staggering 3.61% which was was 2.65% during YSRC regime. "We took a total debt of ₹3,32,671 crore during five years, but Naidu led NDA secured ₹1,61,301 crore in loans — 48.5% of our 5-year debt in just one year," said Jagan.
Responding to YS Sharmila's accusations about telephone tapping in Telangana, Jagan said he was unaware of any such developments.
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