Tirupati: Addressing a public meeting in Kuppam on Friday as part of a two-day visit to his constituency, TDP national president N Chandrababu Naidu said there was every need to protect 'dharma' in the state. The TDP chief challenged Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy to put an end to all the abuses committed by both the YSRCP and TDP leaders during the last two years. He said that the incompetent government is buying power at Rs 20 per unit and burdening the people.

It failed on all fronts and the prices of essential commodities have skyrocketed. About 40 lakh construction workers are going to bed hungry as there is no work due to paucity of sand. Sand has become a rarity for the common people. Government employees were not getting regular salary and pension. The government bankrupted the farmers, they lashed out. Naidu said he was witnessing for the first time anger and vengeance among TDP workers after seeing the misdeeds of the ruling party in Kuppam. He listed various incidents to show the negligence of the government towards the Kuppam constituency. The leaders of the ruling party were trying to play mind games with him and said that these "Tughlaqs" would not succeed in this.

Naidu appealed to the people not to succumb to any offer and vote for TDP candidates in all the 25 seats in the upcoming Kuppam municipal elections. He introduced TDP's municipal president candidate Trilok to the people and asked them to support him and other candidates in the elections. Party leaders N Amarnath Reddy, PS Muneerthanam, Gounivari Srinivasulu, P Manohar, MLA Nimmala Ramanaidu and other leaders participated in the meeting.

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