YSRCP protests Nellore’s exclusion from drought-hit mandals

YSRCP district president and former Agriculture Minister Kakani Govardhan Reddy, along with MLC Parvatha Reddy Chandrasekhar Reddy, submitting a representation to the District Collector Himanshu Shukla at Collectorate in Nellore on Monday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) criticised the government on Monday for barring SPSR Nellore district from the State’s list of 388 drought-affected mandals, claiming that some mandals witnessed severe rainfall-deficit conditions.

The Opposition party demanded that 35 rainfall-deficit mandals of the district be reinstated, claiming that district officials cited strange reasons for not including the rainfall-deficit mandals.

YSRCP district president and former Agriculture Minister Kakani Govardhan Reddy, along with MLCs Parvathareddy Chandrasekhar Reddy, Anam Vijayakumar Reddy, Buduru Guravaiah, leaders of affiliated organisations, and activists, submitted a representation to District Collector Himanshu Shukla at the Collectorate in Nellore on Monday.