Overview

• BJP national president J. P. Nadda addressed the concluding Saradhyam meeting at the Railway Grounds in Visakhapatnam on September 14, billed as the party’s first major gathering in the city since the NDA took power in the state.
• He outlined plans to strengthen the party in Andhra Pradesh and urged cadres to take NDA achievements to voters.
• Nadda contrasted the NDA’s performance record with what he described as corruption and non-performance under previous Congress and YSRCP governments.
• He highlighted central support for the state, citing funds for Amaravati, upgraded rail services, new ports and airports, medical colleges, a bulk drug park at Nakkapalli, a green hydrogen plant, and a proposed semiconductor park.
• State leaders used the event to rebut VSP privatisation claims, assert a central package for RINL and an earlier merger proposal with SAIL, and announce Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s September 17 visit for a GST meeting.