YSRCP plans Dharna, people's ballot

Hyderabad, March 28, 2013: YSR Congress has
chalked out an agitation programme, including people’s ballot, from April 3 to
April 14 to highlight the failures of the State Government and to raise the
public opinion on spiraling power charges and other anti-people policies.

“Dharnas at
all assembly headquarters, conducting of people’s ballot besides rededicating
the Party to people’s cause to mark ten years of YSR’s Praja Prasthanam, were
the decisions taken at the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) meeting, “ Party
leader Konathala Ramakrishna told reporters on Thursday.

The PAC
meeting chaired by Party Honorary President, YS Vijayamma at her Lotus Pond
residence, has decided to launch an agitation programme to protest against the
anti-people policies of the state government, he said after the PAC meeting.

On April 3,
we will hold dharnas at all the assembly constituency headquarters on the acute
power crisis and unprecedented hike in power charges which has been affecting,
agriculture, industrial and domestic sectors very badly.

Our
next plan of action, Ramakrishna said, will be to hold People’s Ballot (Praja
Ballot) starting from April 5(Jagjivanram’s birdthday) to April 14 (Dr BR
Ambedkar’s birthday).  The ballot will have two questions. Whether the
public approve the hike in power charges or they reject it.  The second
issue is whether the public feel the power supply is good or not. The answer to
the two questions will be a simple yes or no.

This ballot
will be carried out at all mandals, municipalities and major panchayats. The
exercise to give voice to the public opinion, he said adding that YS Vijayamma
will lead the party in all the agitation programmes.

On April 9,
the party will observe the completion of 10 years of YSR’s Praja Prasthanam and
will rededicate ourselves to the spirit of the padayatra which has changed the
political course of the state.  The political scenario today is very much
the same as it was when YSR started the padayatra on April 9, 2003.

We will also
give a bandh call as socio, economic conditions are the same then and now.

The Kiran
Kumar Reddy government is functioning on the lines of N Chandrababu Niadu
government and the common factor being neglect of people and heavy taxation,
increase of power charges, bus fares, reducing subsidies and doing away with
welfare schemes.

The
situation has close resemblance to the nine-year Chandrababu Naidu rule when
power rates were increased almost every year and agriculture was totally
ignored and power sector was run as per the dictates of World Bank and the
mounting debts led farmers to suicides.

Only
yesterday there was news that a weaver has committed suicide after he received
Rs 40,000 as power bill.

These facts
will be highlighted during the agitation programme, he said.

Left Parties
leaders have met YS Vijayamma and expressed solidarity with our programme and
sought our cooperation for the agitation programmes they would launch.