Ongole, Feb 23: Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy came down heavily against TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu, describing him as the villain who thwarted the poor from getting justice. Addressing a huge public meeting here on Friday, the Chief Minister said Chandrababu Naidu and his supporters filed 1,191 legal cases in courts to stop the distribution of house site pattas and construction of houses for the poor. He said that Naidu, who had humiliated SCs, BCs, and other weaker sections of society with disparaging remarks during his tenure as Chief Minister, had moved courts creating hurdles.

While construction of 8.90 lakh houses has been completed for the poor, 22 lakh more houses are under construction, he said, adding the Government has faced hurdles in the construction of houses for the poor in the CRDA (Capital Region Development Authority) region as Chandrababu and his men approached courts citing demographic imbalance. He observed that it is very unfortunate that Naidu is still continuing in politics after cheating all sections of people by defaulting on his loan waiver promise to farmers and self-help groups and throwing his 2014 election manifesto into the dustbin after coming to power.

Naidu, who didn’t give a single cent of land to the poor during TDP rule, created legal hurdles as he doesn’t want the poor to gain in social and economic empowerment, he said. After taking the people for a ride with his 650 false promises made during the 2014 elections, he is now making impracticable promises with the blatant support of foster son and friendly media, he said.

YSRCP is ready to face the public and seek votes in the forthcoming elections citing its good deeds in the last 58 months while Naidu, who has no single achievement to his credit, has no moral right to approach the voters, he said. The TDP president has no support of people and only non-resident Andhras, who have no votes in the State and who have aided him in his policy of plunder, stash, and devour, are supporting him for selfish, he said.

Even Naidu’s wife (Nara Bhuvaneswari) has realized that he can’t win the next election in his own constituency Kuppam as people are ready to say bye-bye Babu, said the Chief Minister, asking the people not to be misled by the false and misleading promises of TDP and Naidu’s foster son. Unlike Naidu who depends on his friendly media and foster son, YSRCP is only depending on God and people’s support, he said, calling upon the people to vote back YSRCP to power if they feel they are benefited through the slew of welfare schemes.