People’s support sought for Sharmila's yatra

YSR Congress Party honourary president Smt. Y. S. Vijayamma today made an emotional appeal to the people of the state to bless her daughter Sharmila and support her Maro Praja Prasthanam Padayatra.

Addressing a mammoth crowd gathered at the YSR Ghat at Idupulapaya ahead of Sharmila’s Maro Praja Prasthanam on Thursday, Vijayamma said Sharmila opted to lead the Padayatra in the absence of Jagan who could not complete his Odarpu Yatra after the death of YSR.

Explaining that the Padayatra is only meant to understand people’s problems and assure the people that YSR Congress party would bring the welfare schemes back, Vijayamma said Sharmila will walk the 3000 km from Idupulapaya to Icchapuram crisscrossing several districts and interacting with people of all sections.

“I am sending Sharmila through this Padayatra to you to assure that the YSR Congress party is with you, with the masses and the poor. I am seeking your blessings and support for Sharmila during her Praja Prasthanam,” Vijayamma told the crowd with an emotional tone.

Vijayamma told the sea of humanity that the Padayatra is aimed at exposing the failures of the Kiran Kumar Reddy Government which had diluted the plethora of welfare schemes introduced by the late YSR.

Vijayamma lambasts TDP and Naidu

As the crowd kept cheering her occasionally, Vijayamma slammed TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu saying that Naidu is not sincere in his Padayatra. “Naidu never kept his promises in the past and now also he is not sincere about his promises during the Padayatra,” she said.

Naidu is making a slew of promises assuring people that he will order waiver of loans, supply of more subsidized gas cylinders and Arogya Sri for all. “Has he ever introduced these schemes and talked of these schemes?” Vijayamma questioned and asked people not to believe his promises.

(Updated on Oct 18,2012)