Reddy was on a visit to Visakhapatnam and Narsipatnam, and his tour garnered huge excitement among YSRCP supporters who spilled over onto the streets, braving heavy rain.
She demanded that the chief minister withdraw the decision to build separate temples for Dalits and instead focus on their upliftment.
Slamming “greedy” doctors for pressurising their patients to opt for caesarean births, he warned that action would be taken against the private hospitals if they continue this unscrupulous practice.
Reddy said the privatization move by the TDP-led NDA government will be opposed tooth and nail and they will force the government to roll back the decision.
The Centre, he added, would make concerted efforts to boost real estate activities in the vicinity of new and upcoming airports to achieve a sectoral growth target of 15 per cent in the near future.
He slammed the Opposition for expecting the TDP to vote for Sudarshan Reddy and playing the Telugu card after Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy appealed to all the regional parties in the two Telugu states to vote for him.
The explosive comment assumes significance since the BJP government in the Centre was dependent on the TDP for survival. Reddy alleged there was a 12.5 percent difference between the votes that were cast and later counted.
Naidu’s remarks came after Lourdu Mary, the wife of the deceased Cheeli Singaiah, met YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. The YSRCP later announced a compensation of ₹10 lakh for the bereaved family.
He accused the state government of borrowing more than half of the amount the previous YSRCP government borrowed in five years — in just 13 months through its budget and off-budget borrowings.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Union Minister for Civil Aviation, K Rammohan Naidu, shortly after an Air India plane crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday and took stock of the situation.
