Naidu's Padayatra Set Of Morning Walks: YSRC

Describing TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu's Vastunna Meekosam Padayatra as an exercise of "evening retreats and morning walks", the YSR Congress said on Friday that his padayatra will have no place in Andhra Pradesh's history.

Comparing Naidu's padayatra with that undertaken by YSR in 2003, YSR Congress Tirupati MLA Bhumana Karunakara Reddy described Naidu's yatra as an "endless tragic tour".

"Naidu has been undertaking his padayatra like morning walks and evening retreats, like so many lakhs of people. He is also walking during the dead of the night, as he neither feels sleepy nor wants others to sleep well," Karunakara Reddy said sarcastically.

Bhumana said that YSR's Praja Prasthanam, which he said was "aimed at mingling with people and understanding people's problems in order to mitigate their suffering", was a "historical event".

"But Naidu has been walking when there are no people to console, and where there are no people to get assurances from him," he said, adding that his padayatra would have no place in history.

"For every 100 km, you are losing an MLA. Till date, you have lost 16 MLAs. For what purpose are you erecting pylons for every 500 km or 1000 km? What is it that you have achieved?" he pointedly questioned Naidu.

Karunakara Reddy said that Naidu had remained a "rejected" person, as he had done nothing for the people during his 9-year tenure as CM, and during his 9-year term as the opposition leader.

"You will continue to be so," he remarked. (INN)