Want to contest from Visakhapatnam LS seat: C.M. Ramesh

Rajya Sabha member from the BJP C.M. Ramesh has said that he is interested to contest from the Visakhapatnam parliamentary constituency for the Lok Sabha and sent a request to the high command. The party high command will take a call on it based on the seat allocations, he said. Mr. Ramesh is here in the city to promote BJP’s Viksit Bharat programme on Tuesday.

Addressing a press conference here, Mr. Ramesh said that the alliance between the Telugu Desam Party(TDP), Jana Sena Party(JSP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) has shocked the YSRCP. The ruling party leaders are not able to digest the formation of the alliance, because all their atrocities will be out, once the alliance forms the government, he said.

Mr. Ramesh alleged that in the last five years, the YSRCP government has extorted crores of rupees from the public in the name of various taxes and other means. By selling liquor alone, the govern

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ment had made a lot of money, he alleged. The alliance would take steps to extract all the money which was looted by the YSRCP leaders, he said.

The BJP leader alleged that Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has failed to address public issues. He alleged that Mr. Jagan was lying at the ‘Siddham’ programme about implementation of promises, but people were well aware of the facts.

Mr. Ramesh alleged that YSRCP has been spreading false propaganda about BJP, but it is the BJP which took up a number of development activities in A.P.. He said that the Centre has spent around ₹1.10 lakh crore for NH projects in the State in the last 10 years.