The ruling YSRC Congress has launched a scathing attack on Nara Chandrababu Naidu and Telugu Desam leaders over the TD’s latest campaign ‘Idhemi Kharma Ee Rashtraniki’ protest programme. Leading the attack, chief minister Jagan Mohan Reddy said the people had felt Idhem Kharma Ra Babu over Naidu’s previous rule and sent him packing in 2019. Jagan said, “They said bye,bye. Hence Naidu is now sitting with his head hung to his hands, lamenting Idhem Kharma Ra Babu at himself.”
Both Naidu and Nara Lokesh have started the Idhem Kharma campaign under which they are raising the issues of encroachment of graveyards, absence of medical treatment and other problems, branding them ‘idhemi Kharma’. The TD cadres are also coming on to the roads with Idhemi Kharma protests. With TD conducting Idhemi Kharma protests in Rajahmundry, Guntur and other places, Idhemi Kharma is becoming viral on social media. YSRC leaders calling Naidu as Kharma of AP people, started a counter-attack.
Jagan poured scorn on the TD chief, saying that the people are looking at Babu and saying, “What a misfortune has befell on us. He said even TD founder president NT Rama Rao might have said the same when he was backstabbed by Naidu. After the furious attack by Jagan, the YSRC rank and files are aiming guns at Naidu, projecting him as the ill fate of the AP state. The YSRC leaders alleged that despite having 40 years of experience in politics, Naidu failed to mingle with the people and hence, with a black mind, he was following Jagan’s political strategies. They also said that Naidu was copying their mass contact programme, through Idhemi Kharma, but it would be a futile attempt as the people will not fall in the trap of TD due to the pro-development and welfare initiatives of the Jagan’s government.
They recalled that the earlier TD government had provided welfare to only the TD supporters recommended by TD’s Janmabhoomi committees. On the other hand, they noted, the YSRC government provided welfare to all on a saturation basis.