Seventy-three-year-old Tatiparthi Jeevan Reddy has seen all of it being a veteran Congressman having fought Parliament, Assembly and council elections earlier than. The former Minister, now an MLC, is taking over BJP sitting MP D. Arvind and BRS chief Bajireddy Goverdhan in Nizamabad. In an unique interview with The Hindu amid a busy marketing campaign, the five-time MLA and now MLC, explains why persons are trying up to the Congress on this election:
How is your election marketing campaign occurring and what are the main points that you’re elevating?
When the complete nation faces one election, you need to combat on financial insurance policies. Instead, the BJP authorities on the Centre is set to rake up communal divide and polarise the voters because it fears defeat within the basic elections. The get together has neither a farmer’s coverage nor something to supply for weaker sections.
Is there free energy, enter subsidy for farmers or unemployment dole for youth? Instead of dealing with voters on these failures, the BJP has realised that it has misplaced appreciable floor and therefore caught to the Hindutva agenda and is making efforts to polarise the citizens.
The Minorities are merely 15% whereas the Majority vote is 85%. Why do you have to present the Muslims as ‘Ghosts’ in your effort to garner votes.
Will the speak of eradicating reservations for Muslims dent the assist base of the BJP? The BJP talks of minority appeasement and eradicating reservation for the Muslims, is it a difficulty with the citizens?
The Congress get together will spotlight the discrimination of Muslims and different minorities by the BJP. The saffron get together has gone completely bankrupt in trying to rake up communal divide. The BJP per se is all the time anti-reservation get together. During the V. P. Singh authorities, when the Mandal Commission was introduced to resolve quota for the OBCs, the BJP distanced itself from it.
It is to the credit score of former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao that OBC reservation was introduced in employment in 1993 and subsequently prolonged to the tutorial sector by former PM Manmohan Singh in 2008.
What are the important thing points which might be coming to the fore in marketing campaign within the Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency?
First and foremost subject that wants consideration is the farmer’s plight and guaranteeing remunerative costs for his or her produce. The Congress get together can be highlighting how it’s focussed on guaranteeing employment for the youth.
The NDA authorities on the Centre has utterly ignored the plight of 10-lakh Gulf migrants and their households. In the previous 10 years, it has executed nothing to mitigate their struggling. The Congress authorities is set to make sure that a Board is about up on the State degree to handle the considerations of the Gulf migrants and their households together with these, who’ve returned again.
What concerning the lengthy pending promise of organising of a turmeric board within the area? Is it nonetheless a stay subject?
Of course sure. Who requested Dharmapuri Arvind (BJP candidate and sitting MP) to write a bond paper within the 2019 basic elections that he would get the Turmeric Board in 5 days. And, that if it failed, he would resign and be part of the turmeric farmers of their motion searching for it? What occurred to the promise?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi got here to Nizamabad and made a grandiose announcement that the Turmeric Board might be arrange. If the Centre was severe, why did it not point out the place the Turmeric Board might be situated? Is it not taking the individuals of Nizamabad and the turmeric farmers for a trip? The BJP candidate will certainly pay a worth for the failed promise.
What is your effort on revival of the sick Nizam Sugar Factory Limited at Shakkarnagar close to Bodhan? Why did the Centre not prolong assist to the revival of sick items? The Nizamabad MP has been claiming that 69 sick PSUs have been revived throughout the nation.
The Congress authorities is set to revive the six Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) within the State. Revival of NSF items throughout Telangana is the highest precedence and all that’s wanted is ₹1,000 crore to put again all these sick items into motion. We intend to begin the NSF unit in Shakkarnagar by March 2025.
Is it a triangular combat between the Congress, BRS and the BJP?
It is now clear that the combat is between the Congress and BJP. The BRS has misplaced its floor after the Assembly elections. There are massive numbers of defections from the BRS to different events. Congress is the popular get together for BRS leaders. Very few have crossed over to the BJP. One should realise that cadres kind the main chunk of voters. In our case, we’re certain that the weakening of BRS will profit us immensely.
There is a chat that you’re a non-local of Nizamabad and had hardly ever been to the constituency earlier than?
It is flawed to say I’m a non-local. Jagtial is a part of the Nizamabad parliamentary constituency and in reality, I’m a non-local within the Karimnagar district. So the speak of me being a non-local and inaccessible to the individuals is only a speak to divert voters’ consideration.