“We will gold medal in the forthcoming elections,” said the Chief Minister, Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, confidently here on Friday.
Talking to reporters, while launching the election campaign for the Congress party in the State, Dr Rajasekhara Reddy said “our slogans are: water for every farm land, keeping every house-hold extremely happy with prosperity and health and employment to all.”
On the occasion, he unveiled “Vijaya Danka” (drum to symbolise victory) and said every Congress activist would launch the campaign from Friday in every nook and corner of the State.
The Chief Minister, who returned to Hyderabad after participating in the process of selecting candidates for the 42 Lok Sabha seats and 294 Assembly segments, said the State Government had launched several welfare programmes for the amelioration of the poor and deprived sections of the society.
The Chief Minister further said he would launch the election from Chevella within four days and campaign in 170 constituencies throughout the State. He exuded confidence that the Congress would secure absolute majority in the forthcoming elections.
