YSR Congress Party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy on Wednesday launched the fourth phase of his "Rythu Bharosa Yatra" from Dharmavaram in the Anantapur district.
After reaching Dharmavaram by air from Bengaluru, Jagan was welcomed by his Party's local leaders. He launched the Yatra from the Dharmavaram Assembly constituency.
He started by visiting the family of a weaver Ramesh, who had committed suicide recently after being over-burdened by debts. Ramesh's wife Ramadevi had also committed suicide within 10 days of her husband's death. The couple is survived by two children.
The YSRCP chief claims to have undertaken the Yatra to console the families of the farmers and handloom weavers who had lost their lives to the burden of crop loans, and to instill confidence in farmers and their families. A total of 141 farmers, sharecroppers, agricultural laborers and handloom weavers reportedly committed suicides in the State last year.
In this phase Jagan, who earlier visited 42 families in the Ananthapur district in three phases, will continue the Yatra for a week in the Dharmavaram and Rapthadu constituencies, it is learnt.