YSRCP to observe June 4 as ‘Vennupotu Dinam', highlight govt. failures
The YSRCP on Sunday (June 1) announced plans to observe June 4 as 'Vennupotu Dinam' to mark one year of the formation of the NDA government in Andhra Pradesh. As part of this, the party will hold protests various locations to highlight the government's failure over the past year.
A meeting to discuss the preparations was held at the YSRCP office in Visakhapatnam, led by Visakhapatnam district YSRCP president K.K. Raju and attended by senior leaders, including former Minister and MLC Botcha Satyanarayana, Rajya Sabha MP Golla Babu Rao, MLC Varudu Kalyani and former MLA T. Nagi Reddy.
During the meeting, the leaders unveiled the official poster of 'Vennupotu Dinam'. Mr. Botcha Satyanarayana urged party workers to take the NDA government's failures to the public notice. He alleged that the government completely failed to keep promises made during the elections, except for a marginal increase in pensions.
'Schemes like Thalli Ki Vandanam, Rythu Bharosa and free bus travel for women remain unfulfilled,' he said, accusing the NDA of neglecting welfare and development initiatives and instead focusing on targeting YSRCP leaders.
Other party leaders echoed the statements and claimed that the public has been expressing dissatisfaction on the current government. They also said that that people are feeling deceived by the alliance parties and are beginning to regret their electoral choice.
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