Naidu has Jagan phobia: Ramachandra Reddy

The minister said that chief minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy implemented over 90 per cent of the poll promises in just 18 months and took governance to people's doorstep through village and ward secretariats. He said that the YSRCP supporters shall win gram panchayat elections with a thumping majority due to the welfare initiatives of the state government.

Further, the minister said that Naidu was unable to accept the defeat in the recent polls and has been raking up issues to create a chaotic atmosphere. He slammed Naidu for misinterpreting election results and stated that the public has rejected TDP by confining them to less than 10 per cent of total seats. Brushing aside the allegations of forceful voting, the minister said that Naidu is being blind to the actions of Atchannaidu and Kollu Ravindra who terrorized the contestants.

"There is an overwhelmingly positive response from the people of Chittoor about the chief minister and me for providing good governance and implementing welfare schemes on an urgent basis. Naidu and his supporters are going to be defeated in his own constituency, including Chittoor district," he added.

Speaking about the Visakhapatnam steel plant, the minister said that it is a Central government institution, and if a POSCO company decided to take over, they would meet the Prime Minister or other officials of the Union Government to discuss what can be done about it. He said that POSCO company is an international organisation and they met the chief minister on a courtesy call but not on the issue of acquiring the steel plant. The minister recalled that it was Venkaiah Naidu who led the students' protest to establish the steel plant in Visakhapatnam and said that as a key leader in BJP, he should speak on the privatisation issue.