Chandrababu: I salute AP people who gave historic verdict for NDA alliance

Amaravathi: The TDP national president, Nara Chandrababu Naidu, on Wednesday, said that he is saluting the people of the State for giving a historic verdict for the TDP-JSP-BJP alliance in the 2024 State Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.

The voters have extended massive support to the call given by the alliance that the ‘people should win and the State should survive,’ Chandrababu Naidu said addressing his maiden media conference on Wednesday after the election results.

The TDP supremo acknowledged that this resounding victory is possible only with the coordinated efforts of all the leaders and activists of the alliance partners.

‘Only nation, democracy and the political parties are permanent’

Making it clear that the people have not only given power to the alliance but also a bounden responsibility, Chandrababu said that he has never seen such a government led by the YSRCP in his long political career which damaged all the sectors and democratic institutions.

“We have decided to move ahead by making any kind of sacrifices for the better future of the coming generations,” the TDP supremo remarked.

Chandrababu said that no person on the earth is permanent but the nation, democracy and the political parties are permanent. Several parties have disappeared from the political scenario and with this verdict the people of the State have got freedom, he stated.

Naidu acknowledges massive support from expats

“For the first time I have witnessed such historic elections as those who are living in foreign countries too have come to the State to exercise their franchise spending lakhs of rupees from their pocket,” an emotional Mr Chandrababu told the media.

Recalling that the TDP had won 200 Assembly seats in the elections held immediately after the party was founded, Chandrababu said that in 1994 polls the then Opposition party did not get back the deposit in certain seats.

The people of the State have suffered a lot in the past five years, he said that the alliance has got 55.38 per cent of votes in these elections of which the TDP alone has got 45.6 per cent of votes while the YSRCP got merely 39.37 per cent of votes.

Some TDP candidates, including the Mangalagiri seat, have won with over 95,000 majority, he pointed out.

Naidu recalls past struggles

Recalling how the TDP leaders were harassed in the past five years by foisting illegal cases against them, Chandrababu remarked that he is feeling ashamed of how the media and common man were harassed in the past five years. Even the Jana Sena chief, Pawan Kalyan, was not allowed to move freely in the port city of Visakhapatnam, he said.

“Now we have decided to function not as rulers but as servants and we feel that the power given to us is a bounden responsibility,” he said.

Super-Six and Praja Galam have gone deep into the people’s minds, Chandrababu said and stated that he appreciates Pawan Kalyan’s efforts to bring the three parties together to ensure that the anti-incumbency vote should not get divided.

“I also appreciate the TDP State unit president, Purandheswari and profusely thank the TDP national leadership, including the prime minister, Narendra Modi. The caretaker chief minister, Jagan Mohan Reddy is a case study which clearly indicates how a leader should not function,” Chandrababu said.