Jana, Uttam ‘edgy’ over YSR Congress consolidating position in Nalgonda

                                                                          

An attempt by the YSR Congress Party to consolidate its position in at least five Assembly constituencies in Nalgonda district is said to be the cause for strong reaction of Congress Ministers — K. Jana Reddy and N. Uttam Kumar Reddy — to the visit of party honorary president Y.S. Vijayamma on Thursday.

The senior Ministers, known to be soft spoken and for steering clear of controversies, gave a call to obstruct Ms. Vijayamma’s tour to rain-affected mandals of Nalgonda district on the ground that her party had taken a ‘U’ turn on the statehood issue.

But, the real cause for their call is the systematic bid by YSR Congress leadership to strengthen its base in Huzurnagar, Kodad, Miryalaguda and Nagarjunasagar Assembly constituencies. Mr. Jana Reddy and Mr. Uttam Kumar Reddy represent the Nagarjunasagar and Huzurnagar constituencies respectively.

Congress sources say the four constituencies have sizable population of people who have migrated from Andhra because of abundant water resources and fertile lands.

While Huzurnagar and Kodad are close to Krishna district, Nagarjunasagar abuts Macherla in Guntur district.

YSR Congress leaders claim that Dr. Srikant Reddy is able to increase his support base in Huzurnagar constituency while there are two to three aspirants in Kodad, Miryalaguda and Nagarjunasagar where YSR Congress may field candidates. It is said that Mr. Jana Reddy and Mr. Uttam Kumar Reddy, both aspirants for the Chief Minister’s post once the State is divided, do not want the YSR Congress to spoil their chances. Mr. Jana Reddy on Friday justified the protests against Ms. Vijayamma’s tour. He said as responsible Telangana leaders they wanted to protest against those who were opposing State division and Telangana formation.

The YSRC had gone back on its word after extending its letter of support to Telangana. Hence, people had confronted them democratically, he said.

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YSR Congress farmers’ wing Prakasam district president Mareddy Subba Reddy on Thursday urged the State government to provide Rs.10,000 per acre as compensation to farmers who had lost their crops due to rain.

After visiting the flood-affected areas, he told reporters here that cotton crop in over 41,000 hectares was the worst- affected in Ongole, Parchur, S.N. Padu, and Addanki Assembly constituencies.

The name of the tiller should be included instead of landlord during the enumeration of losses, he said. Party SC Cell president Kancharla Sudhakar was present.

It was unfortunate that the government had not still cleared the compensation due to farmers who had lost their crops due to Neelam cyclone. It had also failed to come out with concrete steps to mitigate the suffering of farmers, he opined.