Post date: Jan 10, 2011 11:20:53 AM
Young and old, women, students cheer Jagan all along the route
Locals insist on Jagan visiting their villages and addressing meetings
Congress MLA from Bandar Perni Venkataramaiah (Nani) justified his decision to go along with former Kadapa MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy on the ground that it was the unanimous view of his followers and party activists in his constituency.
Mr. Jaganmohan Reddy was accorded a thunderous welcome on the second day of his tour to the rain-affected areas in Challapalli and Machilipatnam areas in the Krishna district, even as Perni Nani joined Jagan's rally when it reached Pata Majeru in his constituency. The MLA asserted that he was taking part in Jagan's tour out of respect for the late YSR.
The reception to Jagan's road show came mostly from the Congress cadres. Young and old, women, students and long-time political activists cheered him all along his route. He was stopped at several places with the locals insisting on his visiting their respective villages and address meetings.
Mr. Nani and told reporters at Bandar that he would sail with his followers' decision of going with Jagan by honouring whatever decision the latter would take in future. He kept silent on his resigning from Congress, saying that he would continue to be an MLA.
Congress leaders who were present included former MLAs Jeshta Ramesh, Jaleel Khan, former Vijayawada Mayor Tadi Sakuntala, former corporator P. Gowtham Reddy.
At Pata Majeru, Nani showed various places along the route to underline the need for assistance to the farmers. In his speeches at Challapalli, Ramanagaram, Lakshmipuram, Lankapalli, Rudravaram and other places during the day, Jagan continued his attack on the Congress government for failing to give assistance to farmers. “There is no government that has not perished when it did not come to the rescue of farmers,” he remarked.
‘Waive loans'
Jagan demanded that the Government waive loans of tenant farmers and provide input subsidies to all affected farmers, as they had lost all their cropthis year.