YSRCP aims at achieving railway zone

• The centre forgets the bifurcation promises
• TDP’s failure in achieving the realization of promises
• AP loses under TDP-BJP rule
• Gudipati sets out to indefinite strike from the 14th of this month

Visakhapatnam: YSRCP senior leader Botsa Satyaarayana demanded the Government for the establishment of special railway zone for Visakhapatnam. He slammed the central and the state Governments for forgetting the promises made to people at per the bifurcation act. A round table conference was conducted in the city pertaining to this under the supervision of YSRCP. Leaders from all parties attended this meeting. Botsa Satyanaraya spoke during this occasion and suggested that the issue of special railway zone should not be considered as a problem of North Andhra region and specified that it was the problem faced by the whole state.

Botsa commented that it was saddening to see that cabinet minister had more interest towards increasing the number of local MLAs rather than towards the people’s problems or towards achieving special railway zone. He expressed his disapproval towards the MPs of AP for applauding the Government while the railway budget was being introduced. He ridiculed that Chandrababu could do nothing but roam around Delhi. Botsa also condemned TDP MPs’ not fighting on behalf of the people of the state in the parliament. He cautioned that the people were watching everything and would teach a lesson when time came.

Botsa remarked that it was depressing to see the Telugu state being divided by the selfishness of certain people. He reminded that a special railway zone had been promised in the parliament for AP at Visakhapatnam at the time of bifurcation and complained that neither of the Governments at the centre and the state cared to realize them. Botsa questioned Chandrababu why he had not put pressure on Venkaiah Naidu for achieving the special railway zone, when he believed and acclaimed that the state was lucky to have a Telugu person Venkaiah Naidu in the cabinet. He reminded that YSRCP president YS Jagan had gone to Delhi a number of times now in view of requesting the centre for attaining the railway zone. He confided that YSRCP’s aim was to achieve the special railway zone.

Botsa mentioned that Jats had consolidated their protest and attained some rights, so people from Kapu community also increased pressure on the Government by protesting. He indicated that YSR Congress Party too would similarly bring pressure on the Government for the railway zone promised by bifurcation act. Botsa informed that the district’s YSRCP president Gudiwada Amarnath would sit for indefinite hunger strike from the 14th of this month in order to accomplish the railway zone. He called for the leaders and activists of all the political parties to voluntarily participate in this protest and bring pressure on the state and the central Governments.