YSRCP kick-starts election campaign from Kakinada

YSR Congress Party kick-starts election campaign from Kakinada. President Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy appeals people of Andhra Pradesh to vote for change and terms the fight as credibility vs opportunism.

Amaravati (AP): Terming the upcoming elections in the state as a fight between "credibility and opportunism", YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy Monday asked people of Andhra Pradesh to vote for change to usher in welfare and development in equal measure.

Kick-starting his party's election campaign in the coastal city of Kakinada, Reddy said the time has come for people to teach the present Chief Minister and TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu a fitting lesson for having cheated people on all counts.

"These elections are not between two political parties but a fight between credibility and opportunism. It is a fight between democracy and anarchy. It is high time that such an unscrupulous person (Naidu) should go, as people are vexed with his lies, u-turns, deceptions and cheating," the Leader of Opposition had said.

Jagan further alleged Naidu was responsible for the division of the state and also stalling the Special Category Status (SCS).

"He defaced the Polavaram project and stood as a promoter of real estate business in the (Amaravati) capital region," the YSRC chief alleged.

"The time has come to usher in a change for betterment and prosperity," Reddy said.

Meanwhile, Chandrababu Naidu alleged that the YSRC was seeking to win the elections through conspiracies.

"He (Reddy) has been to jail and sent several others as well. YSRCP has a criminal history. If Jagan Mohan Reddy is trusted, he will send everyone to jail," Naidu told his party cadre through teleconference.

"In this just war, TDP will emerge victorious," Naidu added.

Over 3.71 crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise for electing 25 Lok Sabha members and 175 members of the state assembly in the polls, the first after the state was bifurcated to create Telangana in 2014.