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Telugu Desam Party supremo N Chandrababu Naidu has said the anti-incumbency wave coupled with failure of all institutional frameworks will ensure his party sweeps both assembly and Lok Sabha elections in Andhra Pradesh as people have ‘realised’ the ruling YSR Congress has failed to live up to all its promises.

 

The former Chief Minister who is fighting to regain power in the state, expressed confidence that the TDP-BJP-Jana Sena Party (JSP) combine will win 24 out of 25 Lok Sabha seats and 160 of the 175 assembly seats comfortably in the simultaneous elections to be held on May 13.

 

Naidu (74) said the YSRCP came to power on the promise of getting a special status to AP but the issue has been relegated to the background as people are struggling to deal with alleged mismanagement of every government department.

 

The state has gone into huge financial debt to an extent that people have not received salaries and pensions, he added.

 

“There is a tremendous anti-incumbency. YSR Congress has destroyed the ecosystem of development in Andhra Pradesh,” Naidu told the media.

The YSR Congress has not only failed to get a special status for the state but also not been able to build a proper capital even after 10 years of the state bifurcation, he said.

 

He alleged that the current government has ‘destroyed’ all government institutions. There is total “chaos” in the state as every sector is in “doldrums”.

 

On tying up with Bharatiya Janata Party despite the saffron party not having enough presence in AP, he said it was done to end the sufferings of the people under the “misrule” of Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and bring normalcy in the state.

 

“We produce results. If you can write history, you can write pre-Telugu Desam, post-Telugu Desam. That is how we built it,” he said, adding that the party will build “Navya (new) Andhra” if voted to power.

 

In the simultaneous 2024 polls to be held on May 13, TDP is contesting Lok Sabha polls from 17 seats, JSP in six and BJP in two. The Telugu Desam Party is fighting from 144 Assembly seats as well, with JSP and BJP fielding their nominees from 21 and 10 seats, respectively.