VIJAYAWADA: The TDP has decided to conduct more number of public meetings in the name of ‘Praja Galam’.
Besides TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu, top leaders from the BJP and Jana Sena Party (JSP) chief Pawan Kalyan will attend the public meetings, TDP sources said.
During an interaction with some of the TDP senior leaders at his Undavalli residence on Monday, Naidu reviewed the response from the people to the first ‘Praja Galam’ attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Chilakaluripet on Sunday.
As the schedule for the elections for the Lok Sabha and State Assembly has been released, the TDP chief discussed the future course of action with the senior leaders and decided to organise more ‘Praja Galam’ public meetings across the State.
The party is of the view that organising meetings would bring leaders of the three parties on one platform. This will ensure more coordination among the alliance partners.
The party leaders informed Naidu that the police, at the behest of the ruling YSRC, created several hurdles for the meeting attended by Modi. However, people in large numbers turned up overcoming the hurdles and making the meeting a success, the TDP leaders told Naidu.
Meanwhile, Naidu reportedly also discussed finalising the remaining MLA and MP candidates. The TDP is yet to announce candidates for 16 Assembly and 17 Lok Sabha seats which the party is contesting of the total 25 in the state.
‘Police failed to control crowd at public meet’
Sources said Naidu is focusing on the finalisation of the candidates for these constituencies and is contemplating releasing the list in a day or two.
On the other hand, TDP senior leaders castigated the police officers for not making enough security arrangements for the meeting and appealed to the Election Commission to take action against the responsible police officers.
Accusing the police of miserably failing in crowd control and traffic regulation for the meeting, former minister Kollu Ravindra said the DGP had failed to perform his duties. TDP leader Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar faulted the State government for the security lapses at the meeting attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He urged the Chief Election Commission to promptly address the negligence of police officers responsible for security at the Prajagalam meeting. Highlighting the failure of the police in crowd and traffic control, Dhulipalla noted that thousands of people were unable to attend the meeting due to traffic jams.
Meanwhile, a delegation of leaders from the TDP, BJP, and JSP called on Chief Electoral Officer Mukesh Kumar Meena and submitted a representation on the lapses on the part of the police for the public meeting attended by Modi and also listed out the names of the police officers, against whom they demanded action.