Yediyurappa warns partymen of Congress efforts to ‘woo BJP leaders’
The Hindu
‘Unlike the parliamentary polls where Modi wave is a factor, victory in Assembly polls is a challenge’
Former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Sunday asked BJP leaders not to take the Opposition parties for granted in the 2023 Assembly polls and said there were reports that the Congress was trying to woo some BJP leaders.
He asked his fellow partymen and leaders to start working seriously keeping the polls in mind.
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