Vijayasai launches scathing attack on Naidu, Lokesh

Visakhapatnam: YSRCP Rajya Sabha member V Vijaya Sai Reddy said the state's history is all set for a change with the government trying to bring in a new educational policy.

Initiating a slew of development programmes in the North Constituency in the city, Vijayasai Reddy said when the government was trying to give good administration, the old and young leaders, were engaged in mudslinging unable to digest the government fulfilling 80 per cent of its promises, he said in an oblique reference to TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and his son Nara Lokesh.

The MP said the people had no faith in the young leader and the TDP would bleed to death under the ineffective leadership of Naidu. He also accused Naidu of giving away his party into the hands of the BJP deliberately so that he can be safe and for the safety of his wealth.

"Naidu has forgotten that he is living up to the stature of the national president of the party but only standing up for his community which he is so fond of," the MP charged.

While Naidu's son lost in Mangalagiri, his 'adopted son' Pawan Kalyan had lost in both the seats he had contested, Vijayasai Reddy added. He urged the people not to believe in the words of either the TDP or the Jana Sena but give sufficient time for the YSRCP to prove its commitment towards the people's development.

Tourism minister M Srinivasa Rao, former TDP MP who defected to YSRCP just before the elections, called the TDP as a gang behind the smuggling of sand during the previous regime.

Speaking at the programme, he said he had all details and statistics about the way the sand was diverted by the powers in the previous government who are now making a hue and cry over shortage of sand.

He challenged the TDP to a debate on how they smuggled sand out of state. He also accused the TDP government of resorting to land scam like never before. The minister wondered why Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan is planning for the long march scheduled on November 3.