Bulk Drug Park, steel plant in Anakapalli will help create jobs, says Anitha
The Bulk Drug Park and the steel plant proposed in Anakapalli district will create thousands of jobs, Home Minister V. Anitha has said, adding that the development and welfare are going hand-in-hand in the NDA government's tenure.
The Home Minister was speaking at the TDP's Mini-Mahanadu organised at Payakaraopeta, for which a large number of people gathered. The event also saw the participation of Excise Minister Kollu Ravindra, MLAs, other people's representatives and party cadres.
Ms. Anitha said that the people of Payakaraopeta gave her a huge majority while electing her as an MLA. She assured that every hardworking party worker would be recognised by the leadership.
Criticising former Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, Ms Anitha warned that the State would have been under chaos had he been returned to power. Countering the former CM's recent 'cinema' remarks, Ms Anitha said that the 'cinema' recently shown by the people of Andhra had served a lesson to him.
Leaders and workers who delivered outstanding service in Payakaraopeta constituency were felicitated.
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