Addressing an event, Reddy outlined the key initiatives and enhancements to existing schemes in the party’s manifesto, aimed at the state government’s ambitious plan to uplift various sectors and communities.
Making slight changes to the promises made during the 2019 elections under ‘Navaratnalu’, the YSRCP chief released the 2024 manifesto as ‘Navaratnalu Plus’.
YSRCP election manifesto: Key highlights
- Reddy has promised to make Visakhapatnam the executive capital, the seat of the government. “It will be developed as the growth engine for the state,” he noted. Besides this, Amaravati will be made the legislative capital, while Kurnool will be the judicial capital, reports said.
- Enhance the welfare pension to ₹3,500 from ₹3,000. This shall be increased by ₹250 in January 2028 and another ₹250 in January 2029 to take the total pension amount to ₹3,500.
- Reddy has assured to increase annual financial assistance to the farmers under Rythu Bharosa to ₹16,000 from the existing ₹13,500.
- If it returns to power, the YSRCP will raise the financial outlay for Amma Vodi ₹15,000 per annum to ₹17,000. Under this scheme, financial aid is provided to mothers who send their children to school.
- Reddy has promised to increase the interest-free crop loans from the existing ₹1 lakh to ₹3 lakh.
- Under Matsyakara Bharosa, fishermen will get annual financial assistance of ₹10,000.
వైయస్ఆర్సీపీ 2024 ఎన్నికల మేనిఫెస్టో విడుదల చేసిన పార్టీ అధ్యక్షుడు, సీఎం @ysjagan.
చెప్పాడంటే.. చేస్తాడంతే..#YSRCPNavaratanaluPlus#JaganannaNavaratanaluPlus pic.twitter.com/o2jMlryYJc— YSR Congress Party (@YSRCParty) April 27, 2024
In the 2024 elections, YSRCP is contesting alone in all the 25 parliamentary constituencies and the 175 seats of the state Assembly. It is up against the Congress-led INDIA bloc and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), comprising the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), former CM N Chandrababu Naidu-led Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena Party (JSP).
During the 2019 elections, YSRCP registered a landslide victory in Andhra Pradesh, winning 151 of the 175 seats in the Assembly, dethroning the TDP government. The TDP could only get 23 seats, while the remaining one constituency went to the JSP.
In general elections, YSRCP won 22 of the 25 seats with a vote share of 49.89%, while the TDP could only manage three constituencies and got 40.19% votes. The two national parties — the BJP and Congress — failed to open their account in the state.
