In a scathing attack on Kiran Kumar Reddy's government, Sharmila asserted on Saturday that the people are being ruled by a demonic regime in the state.
Sharmila, who is doing Maro Praja Prasthanam Padayatra on behalf of YSRCP chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, made the comment here when scores of aged people met her to complain that they are not getting their old-age pensions regularly.
When Sharmila’s Padayatra reached Rathana as part of her 3000-km walkathon on the 24th day, hundreds of local women met her and listed out their problems. The women, most of them being the aged, told her there were neither pensions to them nor regular power supply to their houses, and requested Sharmila to take steps to ensure monthly pensions for them.
A moved Sharmila told them that the people are experiencing a demonic rule in the state at present, and assured the people Rajanna Rajyam under the leadership of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy when YSRCP attains power. “All your problems will be solved during the Rajanna Rajyam,” she told them.
Earlier, local farmers and students met Sharmila at Tuggali when she began her Padayatra from there for the day. Narrating their suffering, farmers told her that they are not in a position to irrigate their lands as there is no water.
“We don’t have drinking water either. In the name of 25 paisa interest, they are collecting Re.2 interest. All our crops have dried up as there is no power supply,” they told her. Sharmila also patiently listened to students who said that they don’t have bathrooms in their school. (INN)