TDP general secretary, Nara Lokesh, on Friday asserted that Chandrababu Naidu will take oath as the chief minister of the State in May next year.

Addressing a massive public meeting at Kothapeta of Punganuru Assembly segment of Chittoor district during his ongoing pada yatra ‘Yuva Galam’, Lokesh declared that the TDP is going to come back to power and Mr Chandrababu Naidu will be sworn in chief minister in May next.

”The State will be cleansed of all the sins committed by the Jagan Mohan Reddy Government,” Lokesh stated.

Observing that change in their lives is possible only with the yellow flag (the TDP flag is of yellow colour), Lokesh said and called upon the public to hoist the yellow flag. ”I will take the responsibility to put an end to the atrocities being committed by the ruling YSRCP leaders,” he said.

Asking the party activists not to get scared of the false cases being foisted against them, Lokesh said that at least 20 such cases have been filed against him till now. ”All these cases are false and these cases will not deter me from moving ahead and taking on the illegal activities of this Government,” he declared.

Lokesh said that those who are facing such false cases will be felicitated once the TDP is back in power and all such cases will be lifted. He made it clear that if Chief Minister, Jagan Mohan Reddy, co-operates his will be a pada yatra or it will be an invasion.

Calling upon the people to permanently confine Jagan Reddy to the Tadepalli palace and local MLA, Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy to his house, Lokesh said that the MLA has done nothing for the constituency in the past 30 years.

”Hoist the TDP flag in Punganuru and you will personally witness what development means,” he stated.

Lokesh said over 100 farmers have lost their lands due to the Nettiguntapalli reservoir and soon after the TDP is into power, they will get proper compensation. Reaffirming that fear is not in his dictionary, Lokesh said that all sections, including the police force, are the victims of this wicked rule of Jagan.

TDP general secretary, Nara Lokesh, on Thursday said the police officials are creating problems to him at every step during his ongoing pada yatra ‘Yuva Galam’ and they will have to pay a very heavy price in future for this as the days of the Jagan Mohan Reddy Government are numbered.

Addressing the villagers of KVB Puram of Satyavedu Assembly segment on the 21st day of his ongoing pada yatra Lokesh said that the police seized his sound vehicle and even grabbed his mike.

“I am not bothered about this. Since I am fighting for the people who are facing difficulties at every step, particularly from the police who are acting under directions from the Tadepalli palace, they will have to pay a very heavy price in future,” Lokesh remarked.

Maintaining that the days of the Jagan Mohan Reddy Government are numbered, Lokesh noted that the police officials who reposed faith in the Chief Minister and the DGP will soon realise that both of them will not come to the rescue when they are in trouble.

“The countdown has begun for Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, and the DGP too will be helpless after Jagan is thrown out of power. It is the TDP that will soon be in power again and then you will have to pay a very heavy price for your actions now,” Lokesh maintained.

Making it clear that fear is not in his dictionary, Lokesh challenged Jagan to file any number of cases against him. “My fight is for those people and the police officials who are in trouble. I continue to hold the mike despite being grabbed from me several times,” he said.

Lokesh also talked to the farmers and daily-wage earners who are on work in their agricultural fields to know the problems that they are facing. He also accepted memorandums from many of those who met him.

TDP general secretary, Nara Lokesh, on Wednesday felt that Chief Minister, Jagan Mohan Reddy, was implementing not the Constitution of Dr BR Ambedkar but the statue of his grandfather, late Raja Reddy.

Lokesh, during his ongoing pada yatra ‘Yuva Galam’ had a meeting with several Dalit representatives from the Satyavedu Assembly segment at the Keelapudi campsite. When the Dalit representatives complained to Lokesh, he responded that the YSRCP leaders were forcibly occupying the lands of Dalits. He promised to implement the Karnataka model once the TDP forms the government again and will work for the uplift of the whole community.

Training centres will be set up to sharpen the knowledge of Dalit youth, Lokesh said, adding that all the lands that were illegally occupied by the YSRCP leaders will be handed over back to the persons concerned. What attracted the Dalit representatives more is that Lokesh promised to release the job calendar regularly and all the vacancies will be filled once the TDP is back in power.

Lokesh was very particular about the support by Jagan Mohan Reddy to Amaravathi before elections but after assuming power he totally changed tax and now says that three capitals will be formed. ”What does this mean except cheating the people of the State,” he asked.

Now a Minister in the Cabinet, Buggana Rajendranath, says that Jagan has no proper understanding about the capital and the State will have a single capital and it is going to be Visakhapatnam. Buggana also made it clear that Kurnool is not going to be the judicial capital. What all is this except creating a sort of confusion among the people, Lokesh asked.

At Venkat Reddy Kandriga, Lokesh had an interaction with women where he mentioned another cabinet minister, Roja’s warning to him. ”This Jabardast aunty says that I am humiliating women if I talk about corruption. Such comments apply to Jagan but not to me,” he said.

It is Roja’s who has humiliated women but not any TDP leader, he remarked and said that he will certainly teach a lesson to such leaders once the TDP is back in the government. ”You tell me your problems and I will try to find solutions to them ‘,” he said.

Lokesh felt that illicit liquor is being sold freely in the State and it is claiming several lives. ”Chandranna vaccine is the only remedy for the State now,” Lokesh remarked.

The local police on Thursday seized the campaign vehicle in the convoy of TDP general secretary, Nara Lokesh at Palamaneru.

The police led by local Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) reached the padayatra and seized the vehicles.

The DSP said that the vehicle is seized since it is being run without proper permission. The TDP activists in large numbers staged protests on the road against the police action and asked why the police resorted to the seizure of the vehicle.

Lokesh said that after Jagan Mohan Reddy became the Chief Minister at least 19 cases, including an SC, ST atrocities case and an attempt to muurder cases, were filed against him while not even a single case was registered against him earlier.

“The State government even issued the GO No-1 to prevent me from taking up my pada yatra and later I made it clear that the Yuva Galam will not be stopped come what may,” Lokesh said.

He also made it clear that the Varahi of Jana Sena chief, Pawan Kalyan, too will move ahead.

Lokesh warned those who damaged the flexees at Byreddypalli of paying back with interest once the TDP is back in the government.

The TDP general secretary called upon the party activists to join the Yuva Galam (youth voice) to save the State from this psycho rule.

“If you want a better future for you this psycho should go and the cycle should be back in power,” Lokesh said.

TDP general secretary, Nara Lokesh on Wednesday promised the sugarcane farmers all possible assistance, including supply of quality fertilisers and pesticides.

On the sixth day of his pada yatra ‘Yuva Galam’, Lokesh met the sugarcane farmers at Sake Vuru of Baireddipalle mandal. The farmers narrated their problems including the heavy investment. With the increase in the labour charges, seed, fertilisers and pesticides prices, they said that they are incurring heavy losses.

The farmers also complained that they are not getting Rythu Bharosa scheme benefits and even the Amma Vodi scheme as they have two children each. The farmers wanted the problems of the sugarcane farmers to be resolved after the TDP comes back to power.

Lokesh felt that the farmers are facing various difficulties as the Minimum Support Price (MSP) is not being paid to them. This YSRCP Government is adopting anti-farmer policies, he said and promised to take all necessary measures to resolve the farmers problems once the TDP is back in power.

Later, Lokesh addressed the Valmiki community leaders at Belupalle of Baireddipalle mandal, where he said that Chief Minister, Jagan Mohan Reddy, has deceived the community by not fulfilling the promises that he had made.

“There is no response from the government on the demand of the Valmikis to include them into the Scheduled Tribes (STs) and the community members are suffering due to lack of employment opportunities following which they are migrating to the neighbouring States like Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in search of jobs,” Lokesh said.

The TDP general secretary pointed out that during the TDP regime the Satyapal committee was formed to study their problems and a resolution was passed by the Assembly in 2017 to include them in the STs list.

“During the TDP regime loans were sanctioned to the community members on subsidy but this Government did not sanction loans to even a single person in the Valmiki community,” he stated.

Though the YSRCP has so many MPs. they are not even asking the Centre to include the community into STs, Lokesh observed.

Promising the Valmiki community that seperate companies will be set up in this area to provide employment to them, Lokesh said that he has personally written to Jagan to include the community in the list of STs.

TDP general secretary, Nara Lokesh, on Monday said that when the TDP was in power the State progressed well but after the YSRCP came to power it is moving in the reverse direction.

Interacting with the youth at the ‘Hello Lokesh’ programme organised at the GMR Kalyana Mantapam by the locals here as part of his ongoing pada yatra ‘Yuva Galam’, Lokesh said that Andhra Pradesh was moving on the progressive path for 67 years. “But after Jagan Mohan Reddy has become the Chief Minister the State is fast moving in the reverse direction,” Lokesh stated.

Observing that he launched the ‘Yuva Galam’ only to stand by the youth which are fighting for their future, Lokesh felt that this is a very good opportunity for the youth to send Jagan home. Maintaining that Jagan is taking shelter at the Tadepalle Palace, the TDP general secretary said that the Chief Minister of a State should always be among the people.

What happened to the Special Category Status for the State which Jagan promised before coming to power, he asked and pointed out that the youth lost employment opportunities after Jagan assumed charge as the Chief Minister. “Except for falling at the feet of the elders in Delhi, Jagan is not raising the State issues with the Centre,” he noted.

The Chief MInister who promised three lakh jobs to the youth every year through job calendar is now issuing job-less calendar, he said and pointed out that the vacancies in police department and the posts of teachers are not being filled. Why Jagan, who was totally in support of a single capital before coming to power, is now raising the three-capital slogan, Lokesh asked.

Maintaining that TDP president, Chandrababu Naidu, is a brand for providing jobs and employment opportunities, he said that Jagan is a brand in chasing companies out of the State. “Decentralisation means providing employment opportunities to the youth as per the population ratio in different regions of the State but not raising slogans like three-capitals which is not possible,” Lokesh remarked.