Having lost its representation in Lok Sabha following the resignation of its MPs, the YSR Congress party is making a desperate attempt to sustain its fight for the special category status to Andhra Pradesh.
As the Telugu Desam Party MPs continued to raise the special category issue in Lok Sabha, the two YSRC MPs in Rajya Sabha – V Vijay Sai Reddy and Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy are also protesting outside the House.
And on Thursday, the YSRC held a dharna in the name of “Vanchana Pai Garjana” (Roar against betrayal) in the national capital, where all senior leaders of the party sought to highlight the fact that only YSRC has been sincerely fighting for the special category status issue.
The YSRC leaders alleged that both chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu and prime minister Narendra Modi governments had cheated the people of the state on the SCS issue despite being together for over four years. They said Naidu had given up the SCS issue along with BJP and Pawan Kalyan.
“It is only to cover up their failures during the over four year alliance that the ruling Party has been striving to project with lack of conviction. The Dharma Porata Deeksha lacks sincerity and people of the state will not forgive Naidu,” they said.
“Even now we our stand is the same on SCS and if TDP leaders are sincere they can join us and we shall walk to Prime Minister’s house to raise the issue,” they said.
After the 2019 elections, indications are that there would be a coalition government and we will support only that dispensation that would assure us unequivocally on SCS and we will emerge as a force to reckon with and Naidu will bite the dust, they said.
