Pointing out that the TDP activists have identified a huge dump of ‘election gifts’ carrying photos of the YSRCP leaders to which are to be distributed to the voters to induce them, Rajya Sabha member and senior TDP leader, Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar, on Wednesday made an appeal to the Election Commission to keep a strict vigil on these stocks besides booking cases against those responsible for storing these material.

In a letter addressed to the Chief Election Commissioner and released to the media, Kanakamedala said that the seized material comprised wrist watches, sarees, grinders, T-shirts, cookers and speakers carrying the photos of the YSRCP leaders, including their party president, Jagan Mohan Reddy. This material is aimed at distributing to the voters to induce them to vote for the YSRCP, he felt.

Stating that the material was caught by the TDP activists on Tuesday at the old FCI Godown, on Old Airport Road in Renigunta of Srikalahasti Assembly segment, the MP said that a complaint was raised immediately on C-Vigil app and another complaint on the same app late in the evening of Tuesday. “But till now there is no response from the election officials on this,” Kanakamedala said in the letter.

Also, a complaint was lodged with the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) and the district election officer of Tirupati besides taking the matter to the notice of the district Collector, the Superintendent of Police and the local returning officer. Still there is no response from any one of them, the TDP senior leader, who is also an advocate, said. The whole night only the TDP activists have been guarding the premises to thwart any attempt to lift the stock from there with the connivance of the officials, he stated.

“Till now no official is bothered to even visit the area and submit a report either to the Election Commission or the CEO,” the MP said. However, the local tehsildar who made a casual visit to the godown and left immediately while the returning officer, when contacted said that since it is a huge material the tax officials have to come to assess the value of the dump. The police did not even bother to make any attempt to guard the whole stock, he added.

Observing that the TDP strongly believes that there are several such godowns in and around Tirupati where large amounts of gifts are stored, Kanakamedala said that the State administration, which is now functioning under the poll panel since the Model Code of Conduct is in force, is adopting an indifferent attitude. The MP demanded the Election Commission to initiate immediate action to seize the whole material and keep a strict vigil on the stocks.

Kanakamedala also wanted the poll panel to conduct inspection of surrounding areas for such storages and identify the purchasers of this material with the source of funds besides booking a criminal case for violation of Model Code. The Rajya Sabha member also wanted the poll panel to fix the responsibility with the election officials for their failure to act on time despite lodging complaints.

Neglecting the construction of irrigation projects and their maintenance, Chief Minister, Jagan Mohan Reddy, has miserably failed to come to the rescue of the farming sector pushing the State into severe drought, said senior TDP leader and Rajya Sabha member, Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar, on Monday.

With the inefficient rule of Jagan and false decisions the farming sector suffered huge loss and the Jagan Mohan Reddy Government has adopted a totally negligent attitude in getting the mandals declared as drought-hit and the Central relief too, Ravindra Kumar told media persons. With the anti-farmer policies of the State Government, 93.2 per cent of the farmers’ families in the State are facing a heavy debt burden, he added.

The State is now facing this untold hardship as the State Government did not complete the Polavaram project of which 73 per cent of the works were completed during the TDP regime, Kakanakamedala observed. This apart, Jagan did not bother to complete the other irrigation projects and the maintenance of the existing ones, he said.

Maintaining that due to natural disasters and deep drought conditions the fame ring community has suffered a loss of Rs 80,000 cr this year, the Rajya Sabha member said and added that with the looting of the paddy farmers by the YSRCP brokers this section has suffered a loss of Rs 21,000 cr in these five years. While the aqua farmers had suffered huge losses, a whopping Rs 10,000 cr, due to the withdrawal of subsidy in power supply to them while the other sections suffered loss due to lack of fertilisers, seeds and pesticides, he felt.

When Chandrababu Naidu was the chief minister 1.42 cr acres were under cultivation during both Kharif and Rabi but after Jagan came to power during both the seasons not even 30 lakh acres were cultivated, Kanakamedala pointed out. This apart, the Chandrababu government had spent Rs 65,000 cr in five years for construction of irrigation projects and for providing infrastructure for the farmers, this Government in these five years had spent only Rs 30,000 cr, he added.

Jagan who promised Rs 12,500 for each farmer as financial assistance has confined it to merely Rs 7,500 while Chandrababu Naidu had extended a financial help of Rs 1 lakh each to the farmers in the shape of loan waiver, under Sukhbir and other such schemes, he said. Ravindra Kumar is of the firm opinion that unless Jagan, who is the anti-farmer and who has cheated the community, is sent home, the farmers will not get a favourable atmosphere in the State.

Rajya Sabha member and senior TDP leader, Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar, on Saturday dared Chief Minister, Jagan Mohan Reddy, to release a white paper on the facts mentioned in the book ‘Jagan failed in 85 per cent of promises’ published by the TDP.

Talking to media persons at the party headquarters, Ravindra Kumar felt that Jagan should go to the people asking for votes only after explaining facts to them with regard to the implementation of the promises. The Chief Minister has implemented only 15 percent of the promises that he has made to the people through Navaratnalu, his party’s election manifesto and during his pada yatra as the leader of the Opposition, the MP said.

Observing that the four year and nine months rule of Jagan is filled with destruction, dictatorship, corruption and full of brazen lies, Kanakamedala said that the Chief Minister is simply deceiving the people by claiming that he has fulfilled 99 per cent of the promises. “It is not deceiving people by making a false claim that he has fulfilled 99 per cent of the promises but he should reply to the questions raised by the TDP,” the Rajya Sabha member told Mr Jagan.

What happened to the promise of total prohibition, cancellation of the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), Special Category States for the State, filling up of 2.30 vacant posts in various government wings and the revision of salaries of the municipal employees, Kanakamedala asked. This apart, till now there is no mention of completing the Polavaram project, the capital city of Amaravathi and the assurance given to the farmers that they will be paid Rs 12,500 every year, he said.

Kanakamedala felt that the entire State is totally devastated by terrorising the people misusing the police system. The fact is that Andhra Pradesh suffered more loss after Jagan became the Chief Minister than when the State was bifurcated, he remarked.

It takes at least another 15 years for the State to recover from this damage and this is possible only if Chandrababu Naidu becomes the chief minister again, the Rajya Sabha member observed. The State can come out of these clutches and the people can regain their happiness only when they vote the TDP-Jana Sena combine to power to make Chandrababu Naidu as the chief minister again, the TDP senior leader noted.

The situation has come to such a pass that the Ministers and the ruling party MLAs are explaining to the people the poor condition of their Government, Kanakamedala said. The ruling party leaders are admitting the fact that in the given situation they are not in a position to approach the people and Jagan is solely responsible for this, the MP maintained.

Member of Parliament (MP) and TDP senior leader, Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar, on Monday said that the State Government is totally misusing public funds.

On the one side the public funds are being misappropriated by resorting to scams in the name of schemes and on the other the public money is being embezzled to publicise the party programmes as Government programmes, Ravindra Kumar told media persons at the TDP headquarters here. The MP felt that the miserable failures of the State Government and Chief Minister, Jagan Mohan Reddy, are evident at every step.

The State Government, instead of taking the State forward is pushing it backward and is killing time with vendetta politics, he said. Kanakamedala is of strong belief that there is absolutely no development except destruction and blatant violation of fundamental rights. “Illegal cases are being foisted against those who raise their voice pointing out such blunders and they are being sent to jail. Also, midnight arrests of those who are uploading postings on social media,” he observed.

Expressing concern that unemployment has reached its peak in the State as new industries are not established and the existing ones are being chased out of the State, Ravindra Kumar said that companies like the Asia Paper, Amara Raja Batteries, Lulu Group, Data Centre, Reliance and others have cancelled their agreements entered into with the State Government. This resulted in over two lakh employees losing their jobs, he said and felt that this is nothing but a political vendetta.

The Periodic Labour Force report clearly mentioned that the State stood on top in unemployment, the MP said and regretted that suicides of jobless youth are reported daily in the State. What happened to the promise made to the unemployed youth that a job calendar will be released every year, filling Group-1 and Group-2 posts, he asked.

Ravindra Kumar is of the opinion that the political vendetta has reached its peak after Jagan came to power. Industrialists are forced to give 50 per cent share in their companies, he said and expressed surprise how this can be justified. If someone fails to give that share, illegal cases are being registered against such industrialists and this is what has happened in the case of Amara Raja Batteries, he said.

The YSRCP leaders, particularly Jagan, are spending sleepless nights due the increasing support to the TDP, he said and stated that it has become a habit for them to criticise TDP supremo, Chandrababu Naidu, and other leaders on a regular basis. How this Chief Minister, who once has said that he did not have a house of his own, can own so many palaces now, Kanakamedala asked and said that under the guise of the power of his father, the late Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy, Jagan looted lakhs of crores of public money.

The Chief Minister has forced the police to act as his private army and is using them to attack those who question the failures of the Government, the TDP leader said. Observing that Mr Chandrababu has served the public even without taking rest, he said that the YSRCP leaders have made it a habit only to criticise him and Jana Sena chief, Pawan Kalyan.

Ravindra Kumar said that the TDP is only pointing out the blunders committed by the YSRCP leaders and dared the ruling party leaders to prove that they are not wrong. “Only three more months are left for you and all blunders that you have committed will come into light in these three months,” the TDP MP observed.

Member of Parliament (MP) and TDP leader, Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar, on Monday said that the Andhra Pradesh High Court made it clear that there is no primary evidence against former chief minister and his party supremo, Chandrababu Naidu, in the Skill Development case.

The remarks made by advisor to the State Government, Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy, that funds are transferred to shell companies, clearly show that he does not have any minimum respect to the court judgments, Ravinda Kumar told media persons here. The YSRCP leaders, including Chief Minister, Jagan Mohan Reddy, and Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy, do not have minimum respect towards the judgments delivered by the courts, he added.

Courts have pulled up this Government several times in several cases but still neither Jagan nor Sajjala has learnt any lessons, Kanakamedala remarked. “Even now Sajjala is uttering blatant lies,” he said.

Pointing out that several cases have been pending against Jagan, the TDP MP felt that the Chief Minister is creating hurdles to the judicial process in these cases causing hurdles to the inquiry. The TDP MP said that Jagan is not attending the court in the cases pending against him taking shelter under his position as the Chief Minister.

“Jagan should realise the fact that even if a case is registered against a person he or she can not be considered as a culprit,” Kanakamedala observed.

Pointing out that several chief ministers had earlier attended the courts in the cases pending against them, Kanakamedal expressed surprise for how many years Jagan should be in jail for the corruption charges of a whopping Rs 43,000 cr. It is really atrocious linking the donations received by the TDP as membership fee to this Skill Development case, the TDP MP said and maintained that Chandrababu has been sent to jail only with political vendetta.

Kanakamedala said that Sajjala is twisting even the court judgments and is uttering lies that money is transferred to shell companies. The TDP MP expressed confidence that even if any number of conspiracies are hatched against Chandrababu no one can prove that he is corrupt or committed any kind of mistake.

TDP Rajya Sabha MP Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar has accused the Jagan Reddy Government of suppressing the Constitutional institutions and systems in Andhra Pradesh with the objective of continuing its autocratic and lawless regime in the state. The factionist and anarchic actions of CM Jagan have created an undeclared emergency wherein there are no fundamental rights for the people and no freedom of expression for the Opposition parties. Since coming to power, Jagan Reddy has systematically attacked the Constitutional institutions and kept the police machinery under his iron grip.

Mr. Ravindra Kumar said that Jagan Reddy did not even bother to resort to contempt of the courts by violating laws and regulations without basic respect. The CM levelled charges of Rs. 6 lakh crore corruption against Chandrababu Naidu but has failed to prove even a single case. But now, the same Jagan Reddy is bent on harassing Opposition leaders with false cases and baseless allegations. Former Minister Atchannaidu was known for his integrity and uprightness. However, he was being harassed for exposing and attacking Jagan rule’s multifarious scams in sand, land, mine and house sites.

The TDP MP said prior announcements by YCP Ministers about future arrests of TDP leaders indicated the pre-planned sketches for harassing Opposition leaders. This was totally against the criminal jurisprudence and amount to serious violations of the Constitutional regulations. During his father YSR’s regime, Jagan Reddy resorted to thousands of crores worth scams as per the CBI chargesheets. Now, the CM should order CBI enquiries into the multiple scams being committed by his own party leaders to plunder all the natural resources.

Mr. Ravindra Kumar said YCP leaders were spreading all falsehoods regarding the arrest of JC Prabhakar Reddy and his son Asmith Reddy. The Government’s claims of savings in Polavaram reverse tendering was also false as this has actually caused a loss of Rs. 7,500 Cr to the AP people because of stoppage of works.

Vijayasai Reddy created a sensation by levelling forgery charges against the TDP. But TDP MP Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar has threatened to take legal action against YSRCP MP if the latter didn’t withdraw his latest complaint asking the DGP to enquire into the alleged involvement of TDP in writing former Srate Election Commissioner’s letter to the Union Home Secretary.

Mr Kanakamedala asserted that he had no role in the drafting of Ramesh Kumar letter nor was the TDP involved. He demanded a public apology from the YSRCP MP. Vijayasai deliberately defamed TDP leaders in order to divert the attention of the Andhra Pradesh people from the failures of the state government in fighting Coronavirus infection. “I will proceed legally against Vijayasai. He has no personal eligibility to make this complaint. This is just a conspiracy to threaten and intimidate rival leaders.”

Mr Kanakamedala said that Vijayasai would face serious charges for misleading a public official with his baseless and ill-intentioned complaint.