Naidu Jana Chaitanya Yatra Draws Huge Crowds

Telugu Desam Party supremo Chandrababu Naidu is on a 3-day 'Jana Chaitanya Yatra' in Ananthapur district. Naidu took up this yatra to bring awareness among the people about the misdeeds of former chief minister late YS Rajasekhar Reddy and the illegal mining activities carried out in Obulapuram Mining Company owned by Gali Janardhan Reddy.

On the second day of 'jana chaitanya yatra' on Wednesday, the TDP president reiterated his allegation that former Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy was behind the murder of Telugu Desam Party Anantapur MLA Paritala Ravindra. Talking to media persons, Chandrababu Naidu alleged that Y S Rajasekhara Reddy had hatched a conspiracy to kill a few more TDP leaders, apart from Paritala Ravindra, in Anantapur district. Naidu also accused YSR of being involved in the irregularities of Obulapuram Mining Corporation, and that he had granted illegal permits to former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy for mining in the district. He alleged that YSR was responsible for encouraging the Gali brothers' corruption.

Chandrababu Naidu also claimed that the credit for Gali's arrest goes to his party as it was the TDP which had launched continuous agitations against illegal mining permits in the state. Stating that the CBI probe would come out with a comprehensive report on the illegal assets of Gali and Y S R Congress Party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy. Earlier, Naidu unveiled TDP founder NTR's statue in Anantapur. He also conducted an aerial survey of the Obulapuram mines.