Poor people who were standing in queue at the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation counter at Banjara Hills Road No. 12 near Jagannath temple adjacent to Telangana Bhavan to buy their regular subsidised Rs 5 a meal, were surprised to see a VIP amongst them on Wednesday afternoon.
The VIP was an MLA belonging to YSR Congress party representing Mangalagiri constituency in Guntur district Alla Ramakrishna Reddy.
He came on motorbike and joined the queue at the GHMC Rs 5 a meal counter braving scorching summer heat.
Though nobody could identify him as he is an Andhra MLA, some reporters who were passing by noticed him and made enquiries as to why he was standing there.
Ramakrishna Reddy, who managed to get the token and have a full meal on the road itself, told the media that he was very much impressed by the subsidised meal scheme being implemented by the Telangana government.
“This will help poor workers and small time employees very much. The food is tasty as well. I feel such a scheme should be implemented in Andhra Pradesh as well by the TDP government,” he said.
Reddy further said if the AP government did not come forward to implement the scheme, he would take the initiative and implement the scheme at least in his Mangalagiri constituency by spending money from his own pocket.
Well, it is leaders like Ramakrishna Reddy who make the difference in politics. No wonder, they win the elections quite easily!
