Confront Congress rebels, Vayalar Ravi tells people

                                                                              

Launching a scathing attack on YSR Congress Party, AICC emissary Vayalar Ravi on Thursday asked people to confront rebel Congress MLAs, who were disqualified.

Mr. Ravi arrived here on Thursday here on a day long visit to interact with the party cadres. He addressed party workers in Koyyalagudem in Polavaram constituency in West Godavari district and later interacted with the cadres in Ramanchandrapuram constituency in East Godavari district, which will witness by-polls shortly. His visit to the Godavari districts is aimed at assessing ground realities and the party's prospects in the bye-elections.

At the two places, he addressed well attending party workers meetings and attempted to drive home the fact that by-polls had been forced on the people by ‘selfish interests' of a few individuals. Without naming Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, the AICC emissary said some leaders left the Congress after they were denied chance of becoming the Chief Minister and their supporters quit as MLAs.

“You ask your local MLA who was disqualified and why these polls have been forced on them and question the need to resign ignoring people's issues,” he said. He said it was not a child's play to resign and face by-polls frequently. He noted that leaders like Indira Gandhi were still in the hearts of people and pointed out that when he visited an SC Colony (Gandhi Nagar), old women recalled the former Prime Minister and promised to vote for the Congress again. “People will not accept leaders, who start parties to become Chief Minister,” he added.

Power tariff hike

PCC president Botcha Satyanarayana said that power tariff hike would not affect the common man and the government was forced to increase the tariff in a peculiar situation. He criticised Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy for indulging in mudslinging and writing objectionable news in the newspaper owned by him.

A few minutes before Mr. Ravi's speech, MRPS workers raised slogans demanding categorisation. Ministers – Pithani Satyanarayana, Thota Narasimham, Pinipe Viswaroop and Ramachandrapuram candidate Thota Trimurthulu and Amalapuram MP G.V.Harsha Kumar spoke. Earlier at Koyyalagudem, Miinister Vatti Vasant Kumar and Eluru MP K.S. Rao participated.

Mr. Ravi will return to the city on Friday to address Congress leaders from Guntur and Anantapur districts where two constituencies each will go to polls shortly. 

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