TDP MLA Ganta Srinivasa Rao ridicules ‘Vennupotu Dinam’, he says Jagan has not learnt a lesson yet

Ganta Srinivasa Rao criticizes YSRCP's 'Vennupotu Dinam' event, questions Jagan Mohan Reddy's leadership post-election defeat.

Ridiculing the YSR Congress Party’s (YSRCP) idea of observing ‘Vennupotu Dinam’ to mark the formation of one year of the NDA government, Bheemunipatnam MLA Ganta Srinivasa Rao stated that the YSRCP president, Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, appears to have learned nothing from the party’s recent electoral defeat.

Addressing a press conference at his residence in the city on Wednesday (May 4, 2025), Mr Ganta Srinivasa Rao said that typically, when a political party loses an election, their leader assesses the reasons behind the loss, conducts meetings with the cadre, and prepares strategies to rebuild public trust. However, in the case of Mr. Reddy, it seems like he believes the people committed a mistake by not voting for him. The former CM is unable to accept the fact that people have rejected him, he added.

Mr. Srinivasa Rao alleged that over the past week, the YSRCP leaders have been staging unnecessary drama in the name of ‘Vennupotu Dinam’. He also questioned the YSRCP leaders, what exactly is the purpose behind ‘Vennupotu Dinam’.

“Is it to restart the Amaravati capital works that the YSRCP halted in the name of three capitals? Is it to secure funds for the Polavaram project or to bring the Prime Minister to Andhra Pradesh to lay the foundation for development projects worth thousands of crores?”, he questioned.

He further asked, “Is it to revive the long-pending Metro Rail project or establish the Railway Zone which the YSRCP neglected? Is it to arrange a ₹12,000 crore financial package for the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP), to which the former CM did not make a single attempt to protect it from privatisation?”

The Bheemunipatnam MLA also dared the YSRCP leaders to come for a constructive debate on the implementation of promises made in their manifesto, instead of organising events like ‘Vennupotu Dinam,’ which he opined as meaningless.

The MLA also criticised former CM Mr. Reddy, stating that the previous government took five years to raise pensions by just ₹1,000. He also accused the YSRCP of failing to fulfil major promises, such as liquor prohibition, the release of a job calendar, and a few others.