Metro India News | AMARAVATI

Minister for Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Cinematography Kandula Durgesh on Wednesday appealed to the graduates to cast their first priority vote in the MLC elections to be held on February 27 to Perabathula Rajasekharam, the candidate of the graduates' alliance from the Godavari districts constituency. A preparatory meeting for NDA cadre was held at  Kanooru Why function hall in Nidadavolu on Wednesday under the supervision of Ministers Durgesh and Nimmala RamaNaidu.

Minister Durgesh directed the rank and file of the NDA cadre to create awareness in the next 20 days so that the youth registered as graduate voters can vote 100 per cent for the NDA  candidate. He said that from today onwards they should come into the field and create awareness among the youth so that if any graduates are not yet registered as voters, they should be registered. He however called upon the party cadres to perform their duty carefully. He asked them to move forward with confidence and not with over-confidence.

On this occasion, Minister Kandula Durgesh said that the development programmes and welfare schemes undertaken by the government in the last seven months should be explained to the graduating youth. The pension given to the elderly and widows by the previous government was Rs.3000 and while it took five years to increase it by Rs 1,000 from Rs 2000, within 15 days of the NDA government coming to power, the NTR Bharosa pension increased to Rs 4,000. He recalled that the first signature after the NDA government came to power was on the Mega DSC and stated that it will be implemented after the election code of conduct.

“Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan are working towards creating 20 lakh jobs in the next five years. A cabinet sub-committee has already been constituted in this regard. “ Durgesh said. He mentioned that as promised to the unemployed youth, the unemployment allowance will also be implemented soon, adding that the previous government had cheated the unemployed by not putting up DSC. He called for telling all these to the graduating youth and for efforts being made for the success of Perabathula Rajasekharam.

District in-charge minister Nimmala Ramanaidu, Nidadavolu constituency TDP in-charge and  former MLA Burugupalli Sesha Rao, MLC election constituency coordinator and former Deputy Speaker Burugadda Vedavyas, Rajahmundry parliamentary constituency TDP in-charge and former minister KS Jawahar, BJP Rajahmundry President T Nagendra, Boorugupalli Raghavam, Nidadavolu municipal chairman Bhupathi Adinarayana, BJP president Bandi Satyanarayana, BJP president Bandi Satyanarayana, Senior BJP leaders Verma, alliance leaders, alliance workers and others were present.