YS Jaganmohan Reddy, who was on Wednesday unanimously elected the YSR Congress legislature Party leader, said that the TDP could win the elections with a mere one per cent difference of votes because of ‘Narendra Modi wave’.
Addressing the YSRClP meeting, held at Idupulapaya in Kadapa district, Jagan said that while a majority of people were in favour of his party, they perhaps want to test the party for some more time before giving it the responsibility of running the State.Jagan’s mother Vijayalakshmi, the honorary president of the party, who lost the lok Sabha election in Visakhapatanam, also attended the meeting. At one stage, she broke down during Jagan’s address.
“As we fought for last four years on behalf of the people of the State, we were confident of winning the elections,” Jagan said. He recalled that he and his mother had left the Congress on the issue of principles. “Whether we are in power or not we will continue to stand by our principles,” he said.
Jagan vowed to play the role of a constructive Opposition. lashing out at the Congress, he said that by locking him in prisons for 16 long months, attempts were made to destroy his party. “But they could not succeed. The MPs and MlAs of my party will always stand by me and fight for the people,” he said.