The ‘Telugu Motherland’ is facing an existential threat, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu said Tuesday, as he called for a renewed struggle to “reconstruct” Andhra Pradesh.
At an event to celebrate the party’s 41st foundation day, Naidu criticised the YSRCP government led by Chief Minister Jagan Reddy of stalling development and chasing away industries with “its anti-business policies”.
“This motherland is facing a threat under this regime and we have to fight to regain ‘Telugu pride’,” Naidu said, adding, “The state has fallen back into the hands of forces of destruction.”
Naidu said after the state’s bifurcation in 2014, the TDP regime came out with a “grand plan” to create new opportunities by developing Amaravati as the capital on the lines of Hyderabad. “The present government has stalled Amaravati and also chased away industries. There has been no development in three years,’’ he said.