Affirming that one man had made all difference in the course of the State with YSR rule bubbling with economic, welfare activity and bounty crops, and his death bringing in shadow of darkness as the successive governments failed to carry forward his welfare agenda and went after divisive politics.
“While YSR stood like a father figure and has monitored development and welfare ensuring that all sections are benefitted in all regions, Kiran Kumar Reddy government has set aside all of YSR good work and put people to hardship reminding of the nine-year dark age of N Chandrababu Naidu,” Sharmila said while addressing a rally as part of the YSR Jana Bheri here on Tuesday.
YSR has fulfilled all his poll promises of providing 7 hour free power to farmers and pavala vaddi for the economic empowerment of women and farmers were take care of very well by providing crop and life insurance, increase in input subsidy, adequate compensation and ensured Minimum Support Price (MSP). His fees reimbursement scheme has benefited many students who are now in god jobs and he has brought quality medicare to the doorstep of the poor through Aarogyasri and 108 ambulance to ferry the needy to hospitals.
He increased the old age pension from a paltry Rs 70 to Rs 200 which was paid regularly in the first week of every month unlike in the Chandrababu government. In housing to weaker sections, he has built 47 lakh houses in the state which was the national figure as well.
He has gone into the history as the chief minister who did not increase the taxes, hiked bus and power charges all through his term but carried out the welfare schemes uninterruptedly, she said.
After his death came the deluge of darkness and anti-people decisions. The fees reimbursement and Aarogyasri schemes were diluted and defaced, not a single ration card or a new pension card was given. On the contrary many were weeded out on some pretext of the other.
RTC bus fares were increased five times, gas subsidy went awry, and fertilizer prices went up but not the MSP. People in rural areas were forced to send their children to work instead of schools as the family was not getting enough support from the government, she said.
Kiran Kumar Reddy term was like Chandrababu Naidu’s governance before YSR came to power. Naidu did not question the misrule of Kiran Kumar Reddy but had supported Congress in the Centre and State as well. He asked his MPs to abstain from the crucial FDI voting in Parliament while he issued a whip to save the Kiran Kumar Reddy government when we served a no-confidence motion against the state government for its anti-people policies.
Chandrababu Naidu has given a letter to split the state and his dual standards are well established. He is staking claim for many of YSR schemes and if history permits he can even go further. He is remembered very well for his backstabbing tactics, she said.
With elections to municipalities, MPTCs, ZPTCs, assembly and Lok Sabha very close, Congress, TDP and Kiran Kumar Reddy will come to you with false promises and try to lure you but I appeal you to vote for YSRCP fan symbol which will bring back cheer in to the lives of people, she said and introduced the party candidates to Lok Sabha and Assembly.