ITCHAPURAM: The TDP’s trump card, actor NTR Jr, kicked off his campaign from Itchapuram on the northern most tip of the protruding arm of Andhra Pradesh on Thursday, delivering punches on the face of the Congress and calling upon people to protect “political power in the State” from the Congress.
He said: “Fruits of development should reach people. But under the present dispensation, the Congressmen have looted them, leaving nothing for you.” The State was far from being a Rythu Rajyam as the Congress claimed, he said and asked, “why should 6,000 farmers commit suicide, if what Congressmen say is true?” He praised TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu for giving a vision to the State. “Every one had said that the end had begun for the TDP after NTR’s demise. But Chandrababu Naidu proved them wrong by not only protecting, but also strengthening it further,” he said.
The film actor spent considerable time recalling the services of his grandfather like introduction of Rs 2-a-kg rice scheme and conferring property rights on women. He started his campaign from this obscure town since it was from here that the late NTR had begun his campaign and created history way back in 1982.
He began his journey southwards at a time when his uncle and actor Balakrishna is journeying northwards from the southern most tip of the State - Tada in Nellore district.
NTR Jr, who has a considerable following among the youth, brought them outdoors with his magnetic personality and as he addressed them at whistle-stop meetings on his chaitanya ratham, they went crazy. Dressed in khaki, he reached here by a chopper and got cracking after offering prayers to Goddess Swetchavati.
As he spoke, his fans rained flowers on him which were specially bought from Kadiyapulanka of East Godavari district. He visited 20 villages on the first day. However, police played spoilsport at one place, booking him and TDP leader Yerran Naidu for conducting a roadshow without permission.
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