Huge gathering welcomes Jagan as he enters Krishna district

Campaign mode: Women activists of the YSRCP waiting for the arrival of Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy at Kanakadurgamma Varadhi in Vijayawada on Saturday.

Campaign mode: Women activists of the YSRCP waiting for the arrival of Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy at Kanakadurgamma Varadhi in Vijayawada on Saturday.   | Photo Credit: V_RAJU.

The YSRCP president will cover 13 Assembly constituencies spread over 270 km

A huge gathering of YSR Congress Party activists and sympathisers welcomed party president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy at the Kanakadurgamma Varadhi here as his Praja Sankalpa Yatra entered Krishna district from Mangalagiri in Guntur district on Saturday.

The activists walked along with Mr. Reddy on the bridge that brings traffic into the city. The police, as a result, diverted the traffic on the second bridge that takes traffic out of the city.

People participating in the padayatra covered quite a long stretch of the 3- km bridge. The padayatra had the trappings of a carnival with a vehicle carrying a statue of former Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and a fountain forming part of it.

Ravi joins YSRCP

Former PRP MLA Yalamanchili Ravi, who is currently in the TDP, met Mr. Reddy at the commencement of the bridge. Mr. Reddy presented him the party scarf in a symbolic act of welcoming him into the YSRCP fold.

Krishna district leaders K. Parthasarathy, Kodali Sri Venkateshwara Rao, Malladi Vishnu, Vellampalli Srinivas, Jogi Ramesh, and Vangaveeti Radhakrishna received Mr. Reddy on the bridge.

Heavy jostling was witnessed as the activists tried to get closer to Mr. Reddy as he entered the city through the Veterinary Hospital Road. From the Veterinary Hospital Centre, Mr. Reddy walked to the Sikamani Centre and then to the Kothavanthena Centre, where he suspended his padayatra in the morning.

Party leader Botcha Satyanarayana joined the padayatra in the city.

Talking to the media later, Mr. Satyanarayana said Mr. Reddy walked through 12 Assembly constituencies in Guntur district in over 33 days. He would cover 13 Assembly constituency spread over 270 km in Krishna district, he added.

Mr. Reddy was scheduled to address a public meeting at the Chittinagar Centre in the evening and conclude his padayatra at the Milk Factory flyover for the day.