Over 87% polling recorded in Vizianagaram
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Srikakulam witnesses 80.13% turnout in incident-free elections
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Srikakulam witnesses 80.13% turnout in incident-free elections
Officials heaved a sigh of relief with the completion of the third phase of panchayat elections peacefully on Wednesday in Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts.
In the backdrop of violence in Nimmada village during the first phase and arrest of TDP-A.P. president K. Atchannaidu, Srikakulam district administration took special care to ensure peaceful polling in the Palakonda division. Mild tension prevailed during campaigning at Togaram village where Tammineni Vani, wife of Speaker Tammineni Sitharam, contested with the support of the ruling YSR Congress Party. However, the situation was under control on the day of polling. Nine mandals, including Palakonda, Ponduru, Amadalavalasa, Burja, Sarubujjili and Bhamini recorded 80.13% polling. As many as 588 candidates contested for 248
BJP, Jana Sena welcome budget
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‘Proposed freight corridor between Kharagpur and Vijayawada will benefit the North Andhra’
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‘Proposed freight corridor between Kharagpur and Vijayawada will benefit the North Andhra’
Bharatiya Janata Party and Jana Sena leaders on Monday welcomed the Union Budget saying that it would improve rural infrastructure and benefit the farm sector in many ways.
BJP Srikakulam Parliamentary Party wing president Attada Ravi Babji said the Union government’s new plans would benefit the Srikakulam district. “Allocation of ₹16.5 lakh crore for the agriculture loans will boost the farm activity in backward areas. The government s allocation of ₹40,000 crore for rural infrastructure will ensure overall development of villages which are being neglected,” said Mr. Babji.
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‘It is unfair to target a constitutional body such as SEC’
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JSP Political Advisor Committee member P. Yashaswi releasing the list of new functionaties in Vizianagaram on Monday.
‘It is unfair to target a constitutional body such as SEC’ Jana Sena Party’s Political Affairs Committee member Palavalasa Yashaswi on Monday said that the YSR Congress Party government was trying its level best to stop the election process under the guise of coronavirus pandemic and vaccination process as it was scared to face local body elections.
“The government is boasting of implementation of many welfare schemes. But, it does not have the courage to face the elections,” Ms. Yashaswi told the media here.
Protests to continue in Vizianagaram today
The Telugu Desam Party, Bharatiya Janata Party and the Jana Sena Party have sought a high-level inquiry and immediate arrest of culprits who allegedly vandalised an idol of Lord Rama in historic temple located on Ramateertham hill of Nellimarla mandal in Vizianagaram district.
Telugu Desam Party regional coordinator Budda Venkanna alleged that there was no protection even for idols and temples in the State. He charged the government with failing to control such incidents.
BJP State executive member Nadukuditi Eswara Rao and other leaders alleged that the government had taken up the issue very lightly although the incident had hurt the sentiments of followers of Hindu religion. “When new temple of Lord Rama is being constructed in Ayodhya, the destruction of temples is taking place in Andhra Pradesh. The protests will continue on Thursday at Vizinaagaram Collector’s office,” said Mr. Eswara Rao.
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‘One lakh beneficiaries could not be given house sites because of TDP’
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Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy speaking after formally inaugurating the house sites distribution programme, at Gunkalam village in Vizianagaram district on Wednesday.
‘One lakh beneficiaries could not be given house sites because of TDP’
The building of 30.75 lakh houses in the next three years will give a leg-up to the construction sector, besides improving the State’s economy, Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has said.
Addressing a public meeting at Gunkalam village, about 8 km from here, on Wednesday, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy said everybody involved in the sector, be they construction workers, or electricians, or plumbers, would get hands full of work with the establishment of Jagananna Colonies across the State, wherein properties worth ₹25,000 crore were being created as part of the Navaratnalu schemes.