Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 8 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Education Minister and YSRCP leader Botsa Satyanarayana attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the PM has lowered the stature of the post he is holding.
Satyanarayana also accused the BJP of being involved in ‘massive corruption.”
“No party has done the kind of corruption that the BJP is indulging in now. In my political career, I have never seen such a corrupt party as the BJP. Modi is making the post of prime minister worthless,” Satyanarayana told reporters here.
He said that when PM Modi came to the state for the election campaign, he was reading the script, which had been written by somebody else.
This comes after PM Modi on Monday held an election rally in Andhra Pradesh’s Anakapalle, where he lashed out at the Jagan Mohan Reddy government in the state, saying that the ruling YSRCP‘s mantra is corruption while the BJP is for development.
“NDA government in the Centre is working for the welfare of the youth…If the central government can do so much work in Andhra Pradesh, then why can’t YSRCP? BJP‘s mantra is development, development and development and YSRCP‘s mantra is corruption, corruption and corruption,” PM Modi said in the rally.
Hitting back, Satyanarayana said that the BJP, TDP and Jana Sena are accomplices in looting people.
“The BJP, TDP and Jana Sena are partners in corruption. PM Modi doesn’t know what are the issues in the state. The alliance of TDP, BJP and Jana Sena will never come to power in Andhra Pradesh,” Satyanarayana said.
The ruling YSRCP is contesting alone in all 25 parliamentary constituencies and the 175 seats of the state assembly. It is up against the Congress-led INDIA bloc and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), comprising the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), former CM N Chandrababu Naidu-led Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena Party (JSP).
Notably, the TDP, Janasena and BJP are NDA alliance partners in the southern state.
As part of a seat-sharing deal among NDA partners, the TDP was allocated 144 Assembly and 17 Lok Sabha constituencies, while the BJP will contest from six Lok Sabha and 10 Assembly seats. Janasena will contest two Lok Sabha and 21 Assembly seats.
Elections for the 175-member Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh are scheduled for May 13 and the counting of votes will be held on June 4. (ANI)
