The Jana Sena had extended its support to the proposed padayatra by the farmers of Amaravati from Venkatapalem to the Sun temple in Arasavalli in Srikakulam district. The padyatra, second in its nature, would start on September 12, marking the completion of 1000 days of agitation.
Earlier, the farmers have conducted a similar padayatra from Amavarati to Tirupati, for which all political parties in the state extended their support.
The farmers met Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan at his Mangalagiri office on Monday and requested him to support their proposed padayatra. The farmers also requested the Jana Sena chief to support their demand for Amaravati as the only capital of Andhra Pradesh and not one of the three capitals.
Responding to the farmers’ request, Pawan Kalyan said that the Jana Sena would always stand by the farmers. He said that the Jana Sena is for the single capital at Amaravati and would not allow any government to change it. He also extended unconditional support to the farmers’ agitation.
Pawan Kalyan alleged that chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy had betrayed the farmers. He said that Jagan Mohan Reddy had supported Amaravati as capital when he was in the Opposition. Jagan Mohan Reddy went to the elections in 2019 showing his house in Tadepalli, Pawan Kalyan said.
However, after coming to power, Jagan Mohan Reddy had betrayed the farmers by proposing Amaravati as one of the three capitals and thus diluting the spirit with which the farmers have given their lands to the government.
The Jana Sena chief alleged that Jagan Mohan Reddy had betrayed every section of the people in the state in the last three years. He said Jagan had made several false and fake promises to the people during the 2019 elections. Once in power, the YSR Congress chief had stabbed every section of the people in their back.
Pawan Kalyan made an appeal to the people to vote against Jagan Mohan Reddy in the 2024 general elections. He wanted a YSRC-free Andhra Pradesh after the elections. He said he would continue the fight to defeat the YSR Congress and wanted the people to support him.
