Ramachandra Reddy's election certain

By Our Staff Correspondent

MAHABUBNAGAR, MAY 20. The State BJP council has demanded that schemes, such as, Employment Assurance Scheme, PMRY, Swarna Bharathi and DRDA, should be taken up in all the drought-affected districts in the State to contain the migration of agriculture labourers and small and marginal farmers to other places in search of livelihood.

The two-day meeting of the council began here on Saturday. The council would elect the new State president and 42 national council members from the State. As only a single nomination of the present incumbent, Mr. Ch. Ramachandra Reddy, was received for the top post, it was clear that Mr. Reddy's name would be announced as new president for the next two years in tomorrow's session.

The election of 42 national council members is also expected to be unanimous as the election officer received 40 single nominations from 40 places and the remaining are yet to be decided. The council which passed a resolution unanimously on the prevailing drought conditions in the State demanded the Government to supply fodder.

It also asked the Government to sink more borewells in tank beds and follow the system of recycling to irrigate more land with meagre expenditure. It also demanded setting up of all-party committees from mandal to State level to implement and oversee drought relief works.

The council urged the Government to take up the Krishna, Godavari water utilisation scheme to solve the drinking water and irrigation problem in the State permanently. The meeting further asked the Government to stop forcible recovery of loans from farmers of in the district. The desilting of tanks should be taken up extensively, it demanded.

Mr. M. Venkaiah Naidu, All-India BJP secretary, Mr. Bandaru Dattatreya and Mr. Bangaru Laxman, Union Ministers, Mr. A. Narendra, State general secretary, Parliament members, Dr. Venkataswamy (Tirupati), Mr. A.P. Jitender Reddy (Mahabubnagar), U. Krishnamraju (Narsapur), Mr. P. Venugopal Reddy, State secretary and film actor, Mr. Naresh, were present.

Mr. Ramachandra Reddy, State president, presided over the meeting.

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