The day-long hunger strike taken up by YSR Congress party leaders in the name of Vanchana Vyatireka Deeksha (Protest against betrayal) at Visakhapatnam on Monday appears to have overshadowed the proposed public meeting of Telugu Desam Party president and chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu at Tirupati.
While the deeksha began at 7 am, the media had enough fodder to feed the viewers right from the beginning.
Luckily for the YSRC, there are no other major developments in the state and as a result, the media channels had to give extensive coverage to the one-day deeksha of the party leaders, including MPs, MLAs, MLCs and other public representatives.
The party managed to mobilise big crowds to the women’s college ground at Visakhapatnam, where the day-long dharna was held.
The Deeksha was launched by YSRCP Member of Parliament (MP) Mekapati while the party MPs and MLAs participated in the protest wearing black shirts.
For a change, the YSRC leaders took even the BJP to task, even on a low note, but their prime target was obviously the TDP, for betraying the faith of the people by not securing the special category status to AP.
YSRC leader Ambati Rambabu found fault with the BJP leaders for spreading false rumours over the special status mentioning that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Jana Sena Party President Pawan Kalyan assured Special Category Status for AP.
“It is unfortunate that the BJP leaders have created a new drama saying the party never gave an assurance regarding the SCS,” he said.
YSRC MP V Vijaysai Reddy pointed out that only his party has been fighting for special status from the beginning. Accusing PM Modi of not fulfilling the promises, he blamed Chandrababu for making U turns regarding the special status issue.
The YSRCP leader said that they are taking up the agitation today as it is the day on which PM promised SCS to AP.
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