Vote for TDP for development: Lokesh

AP IT Minister and TDP candidate from Mangalagiri constituency, Nara Lokesh has appealed to public to vote TDP to power in the forthcoming elections. He toured Navuluru, Neerukonda, Bethapudi and other villages in the constituency on Tuesday. Addressing the public, Lokesh said that TDP chief and Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has allocated Mangalagiri seat to him. He said that as a Panchayat Raj Minister, he sanctioned funds for laying of 24,000 km-length of CC roads and promised to lay CC roads in all villages of Mangalagiri segment. 

The minister promised free tap connections to all households under Jaladhara scheme and underground drainage system in all villages of Capital region. He said basic amenities would be provided to MSS Colony and to houses constructed under NTR Housing Scheme in Mangalagiri.  

Lokesh said that the government waived farm loans worth `24,000 crore and job dole for unemployed youth. He informed that pensions are being distributed to 56 lakh families in the State. 

He said that world-class universities have set up their campuses in Amaravati, adding that several IT companies have set up shop to create employment opportunities for youth. He thanked the farmers for parting with their lands for the construction of capital city. The minister urged the public to vote for TDP as the CM is striving for the development of AP. Mangalagiri municipal chairman G Chiranjeevi and others accompanied him during the election tour.