Andhra Pradesh: Telugu Desam Party activists object to remarks made by Housing Minister against Naidu
The Hindu
Telugu Desam Party activists staged a protest in Visakhapatnam on Friday against the remarks made by Housing Minister Jogi Ramesh against TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu
Members from Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Friday staged a protest condemning the comments made by Housing Minister Jogi Ramesh against former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. The TDP leaders tore photos and posters of Mr. Ramesh and slapped the posters with slippers during the demonstration.
Former MLA Palla Srinivasa Rao, Bandaru Satyanarayana, corporators from the TDP and Mahila wing members took part in the protest. The members alleged that the Minister has been making derogatory comments against the opposition party leaders to impress the Chief Minister. They also demanded his suspension from the State Cabinet.
During the protest, Mr. Palla Srinivasa Rao said that a political representative should be a role model for the youth and upcoming generations. But in Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s governance, the Ministers are becoming his puppets and are coming up with cheap tricks to impress their leader keeping in view the coming elections.
TDP floor leader Peela Srinivasa Rao and others were present.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists