Will fight elections on all seats in Telangana: Sharmila

YSRTP President YS Sharmila He said the party would contest all the seats in Telangana in the next assembly elections and there should be no doubt among the workers in this regard.

Speaking to reporters at the party office here on Friday to pay tribute to late Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy and mark one year of the establishment of the YSRTP, Ms Sharmila said several programs have been taken up in the last one year. Party to highlight the problems of different sections like Rythu Aapya Yatra, Rythu Gosa Deeksha, Movement for Podu Bhoomi, Dalit Bheri and BC meeting. He said that YSRTP has fought for field assistants and unemployed.

“The late Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy had brought the Congress party to power in the state twice. But that party has forgotten his services. About 20 acres of land near IMAX was allotted for the YSR Memorial when the late K. Rosaiah was the chief minister and promised to complete it in a year. Sri Rajasekhara Reddy, TRS President and current Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao as a Union Minister and T. Harish Rao as a Minister in his cabinet. But Mr. Chandrashekhar Rao took back the land allotted to YSR Memorial,” Mr Sharmila said, adding that his father had given top priority for the development of Telangana in the implementation of the schemes.

Referring to the remarks made by Late Rajasekhara Reddy that visas would be required to visit Telangana, Ms Sharmila said the statement was a reaction to the provocative statements made by Mr Chandrasekhar Rao during the separate state agitation that Andhra companies would be Will be sent out and people of Andhra Pradesh will also be sent back. She also alleged that many people took the extreme step of ending their lives because of the statements made by Mr. Chandrashekhar Rao.