YSR laid path for Telangana development

Asserting that YSR laid the path for the development of Telangana area and treated all regions equally, YSR Congress Party honourary president Smt. Y. S. Vijayamma reiterated that neither YSR nor Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy opposed the aspirations of Telangana people at any time.

Addressing a huge public meeting on Sunday at Suryapet in Nalgonda district where former Tungaturdi TDP MLA Sankineni Venkateswara Rao joined YSRCP, Vijayamma said YSR observed the difficulties of Telangana people from close range.

Vijayamma said Telangana farmers benefited most when YSR announced free power supply to farmers and waiver of power bill dues soon after becoming CM in 2004. “Telangana was given importance in the Jalayagnam projects. Ali Sagar, APRP, SRSP Stage-2, Yellampalli and Nettampadu projects falling in the Telangana area were granted funds by YSR,” she said.

YSR got all clearances for the Pranahita-Chevella Project aimed at providing irrigation water to 16.50 lakh acres in Telangana, she said, adding but the present government has totally failed to implement the project.

Paying tributes to the Telangana martyrs and those who laid down their lives after the death of YSR, Vijayamma said the efforts of Congress and TDP to remove the memories of YSR from the minds of the Telangana people would fail utterly.

Wondering whether Government is there at all in the state, Vijayamma criticized TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu for making impractical promises to the people during his Padayatra and supporting the anti-people policies of the Kiran Kumar Reddy Government.

(Updated on Nov 12,2012)