Anacapali:

YSRCP president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Saturday hit out at his arch-rival N Chandrababu Naidu, calling those who call all heroes “children” “failed villains”.

The YSRCP president was speaking at a public meeting in Anakapalli town in the district of the same name during his ‘Memanta Siddham’ (We are all ready) campaign bus tour.

“If I am a ‘bacha’, who are you, Chandrababu? You lost miserably in the previous elections and got only 23 seats (in Parliament). If I were a child, I should ask why you could not serve this country To do any development? “When you were chief minister for three terms, the country or its people,” Mr Reddy said.

Meanwhile, the chief minister noted that the opposition parties were intimidated after seeing many people attending his election canvassing meetings and alleged that they were inciting people to stone him.

Furthermore, Mr Reddy pointed out that he was alone while his NDA partners, the opposition alliance of the BJP, TDP and Janasena and the Congress “were supported by select regional media”.

While reviewing several welfare measures of the YSRCP government, Mr. Reddy claimed that his government had deposited Rs 270 crore into the accounts of women beneficiaries.

On the 19th day of the bus journey, Mr. Reddy traveled through Nakkapalli, Pulaparthi, Yalamanchili, Chintapalem, Kasimkota, Anakapalli and other villages. At the end of his day’s journey, he reached Chinnayapalem, his night stopover.

Mr. Reddy has embarked on a 21-day campaign bus tour from Idupulupaya in Kadapa district to Icchapuram in Srikakulam district.

Elections for Andhra Pradesh’s 175 assembly members and 25 Lok Sabha seats are scheduled for May 13 and counting of votes will take place on June 4.

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