Overview
- Energy Minister Gottipati Ravi Kumar alleged that Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and the YSRCP fostered faction-driven 'murder politics' that continue to trouble the Palnadu region.
- He linked his comments to the recent killing of YSRCP activist Manda Salman in Pinnelli village in the Gurazala constituency.
- He asserted that the coalition government does not endorse such politics and vowed that offenders would not be spared as the law takes its course.
- During events in Prakasam district, leaders laid a foundation stone for an Electricity Department divisional office costing ₹4.19 crore and performed bhoomi puja for a 33/11 kV substation costing ₹3.90 crore, while also unveiling an N. T. Rama Rao statue and opening a bus shelter.
- He said industrialists have proposed a ₹13,000-crore green energy plant in Kakinada and credited investor interest to Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s leadership, while highlighting river-link projects and Polavaram progress.