YSRCP seeks 30-day session
YSR Congress party MLAs demanded that the Assembly session, beginning September 17, should be extended to 30 days to discuss various burning issues people are facing now.
MLAs Dharmana Krishna Das, A. Amarnath Reddy, G.Srikanth Reddy, in a joint press conference held at YSR Congress Party central office in Hyderabad on Sunday, Sept 9, accused Kiran Kumar Reddy-led Congress government of running away from discussing people’s problems.
Holding the long overdue Assembly session for just 5 days clearly shows how serious and committed the government is in finding solution to various problems being faced by the people now, averred Krishna Das.
The government is scared of a discussion on important public issues in the Assembly, that’s why it convened a 5-day session to fulfill statutory obligation and wash its hands off, said Krishna Das.
Speaking on proposed padayatra of TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu, Krishnadas pointed out it cannot be compared with that of Dr.YS Rajasekhar Reddy’s historic padayatra. He suspected the very motive behind Naidu’s padayatra as it was not intended for public good, unlike YSR’s.
“Naidu neither has dedication nor commitment towards people’s problems. Sitting in the party office he always talks about how is waging a battle on behalf of people and making false promises,” remarked Krishna Das.
Rajampet MLA A.Amarnath Reddy, condemning the proposed 5 day Assembly session convened by the government, questioned as to how this session is going to help discussing umpteen issues on hand in a span of three days with two days going off as public holidays in between.
Referring to the false propaganda of YSRCP’s possible merger with Congress, he questioned the very need of it. “Where is the need of merger with Congress when our party is going great guns all the way. It was proved in the recently held by-polls,” he observed.
Further, the recent NDTV surveys too clearly stated that YSRCP is going to sweep the mandate in 2014 general elections. “In the light of these facts, I wonder how anyone can say that we merge our party with Congress. This is nothing but a false propaganda unleashed by parties (read as Congress and TDP) whose very survival is under threat,” said Amarnath Reddy.
He asked Chandrababu Naidu as to why he met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently while he was in Delhi, leaving behind his party MPs and others. He suspected that Chandrababu Naidu on one day might merge his party with Congress.
Rayachoti MLA G. Srikanth Reddy accused the government of shying away from discussing key public issues. Pointing out the escapist attitude of the government, he observed that “Kiran Kumar Reddy government is always looking for escape routes to avoid and evade discussion on problems faced by the people.”
He said chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy, being scared of the belligerent ministers, has no guts even to hold regular cabinet meetings. The government has completely become defunct. Now, it found the same escape route by convening a shortest Assembly session to avoid facing the wrath of public representatives, he charged.
Shedding its responsibility as the main opposition, the TDP is playing second fiddle to Congress government. Chandrababu Naidu turns as the chief advisor of chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy. That’s the reason the present government is bold enough in taking unpopular decisions like increasing RTC charges, power charges etc, averred Srikanth Reddy.
Stoutly denying the rumors of a merger with Congress party, Srikanth Reddy said that these are totally baseless and far away from truth. “Our party under the leadership of YS Jaganmohan Reddy has been making deep inroads into the hearts and homes of people of the state” he said.
The rising popularity of Jagan, despite of his incarceration, set alarm bells among our rivals. Having found that they are no match to Jagan in gaining public support are indulging in this heinous and false propaganda to mar YSR Congress party’s growth in the state. However, people are not that innocent to believe their gimmicks, said Reddy.