VIJAYAWADA: YSRC general secretary Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy has asserted that the party will sweep the elections from Kuppam in Chittoor district to Itchapuram in Srikakulam. The YSRC’s assertion that it will come back to power is confidence and not over-confidence, he said.
Speaking to reporters on Friday, Sajjala asserted that every household in the State has benefitted by the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy government and whoever has benefitted has stood by Jagan. “The long queues at polling stations clearly show that people are with Jagan,’’ he said. “We are going to win more seats than what we bagged in 2019,” he claimed.
Sajjala alleged that TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu lacked confidence on his own agenda and that was why he did not publicise his own Super Six schemes. Instead, Naidu chose to attack Jagan personally, raised the YS Vivekananda Reddy murder case and finally propagated against the Land Titling Act. “The TDP has supported the Land Titling Act on the floor of the Assembly but had propagated against it and terrorised the people ahead of elections,’’ he said.
Sajjala alleged that the TDP and BJP State chief Daggubati Purandeswari had connived and got officials transferred before the elections. “Violence broke out in the districts where the officials were transferred,’’ he maintained.
The Election Commission of India has now transferred them once again after violence broke out in the State. “The ECI should have thought that the officials suggested by the TDP-BJP are the agents of the Opposition parties,’’ he said.
Sajjala decried the attack on Tadipatri MLA Kethireddy Pedda Reddy’s residence and damage of CCTVs and furniture. “We will lodge a complaint with the Election Commission of India over the incident,’’ he said.
Expressing hope that there would not be any lapses in the counting process, Sajjala urged the ECI to act impartially. “At least now, the ECI should rectify its mistakes and ensure that the counting process goes off smoothly,’’ he said.