RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM: Kapu patriarch Mudragada Padmanabham will once again go on indefinite hunger strike from March 11 at his house in Kirlampudi village. This time it will be only Mudragada, who will be on indefinite fast.
Announcing it to mediapersons at his residence in Kirlampudi, Friday, he said Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu failed to come true on his assurances given during his indefinite fast in February and claimed Naidu is cheating Kapus.
“If he is sincere, let Rs 500 crores be released to Kapu Welfare and Development Corporation immediately. Let him give a written assurance for keeping the promises made to Kapu Community, by March 10, “ he said.
Mudragada claimed government is insincere, as it had only limited the beneficiaries numbers to less than 40,000, while there are more than two lakh applicants waiting for loans. The Kapu leader resorted to personal attack on Naidu stating that as he (Naidu) had cheated his father in-law, he is now cheating Kapus.
“We are only asking the election promises made to Kapus be fulfilled and not asking a share in his wealth,” he said and added Naidu who came to power with Kapu votes has now thrown them on roads.
He said he is ready to quit politics, if TDP leaders prove that he is associated with YSRC president YS Jaganmohan Reddy. He warned TDP chief Naidu not to test his patience by instigating Kapu leaders against him.
Meanwhile, TDP leaders including Municipal Administration Minister P Narayana found fault with Mudragada’s criticism of Chandrababu Naidu and the govenrment. “Mudragada has come under influence of YSRC chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy. He says Yellow shirts (TDP workers) had corned the benefits if Kapu Welfare Corporation. I ask him, are they not Kapus. Was it not you, who said 100 percent Kapus had voted for TDP ?” Narayana asked.
Municipal minister was also furious over the allegations of Mudragada that lands were taken for the capital at gunpoint. “It is most irresponsible statement to make,” he said and invited Mudragada to hold a meeting in the capital Amaravati to get the facts right.
On the other hand Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu during his visit to Kotappakonda reiterated his commitment to Kapu quota and welfare. Inaugurating a Kapu Kalyana Mandapam at Kotappakonda said Kapus will be included in Backward Communities and no injustice will be done to BCs.