One lie made all the difference in AP assembly poll: Ravindranath Reddy

One lie had made all the difference in Andhra Pradesh, YCP leader Ravindranath Reddy said on Tuesday. The difference had put TDP supremo Chandrababu Naidu in power and YCP leader Jaganmohan Reddy out of it, said Ravindranath Reddy. The lie related to loan waiver for farmers. Chandrababu had made the promise to farmers in the coastal districts and got to power. Jaganmohan Reddy, on the other hand, was not to utter the lie and paid for it. The difference between the TDP, which came to power, and the YCP was hardly 500,000 votes despite the lie. But the 500,000 votes made all the difference, Ravindranath Reddy bemoaned. Ravindranath said Jagan was a man of his word. If he had made a promise, come what may he would fulfil it. In the event, Chandrababu had cheated the farmers of the Andhra capital region. Ravindranath said Jagan wanted state take-over of the RTC, and he stood by his word. So the YCP leader appealed to the RTC employees and workers to support the YCP mazdoor union in the elections for the recognition of the unions.