YSR Congress to take up membership drive

Eyeing local body elections, YSR Congress Party began membership drive in Srikakulam district to prove its strength. A crucial meeting was held in Srikakulam town on Wednesday to chalk out action plan to take up membership drive in all villages. Ad hoc committees would be appointed for all the constituencies to monitor the membership drive. The party planned to admit at least 200 members out of 700 voters in each polling booth.

YSR Congress leaders YV Suryanarayana, Varudu Kalyani, Duppala Ravindrababu and Andhavarapu Suribabu addressed the party activists and asked them to take up membership drive seriously to build up the party from grassroots level. YSR Congress was planning to attract more number of Congress workers in Srikakulam town, a bastion of ruling party since 2004. It had planned to improve its network in Narasannapeta, Tekkali, Itchapuram and other constituencies with the joining of senior leaders and support of Congress MLAs Dharmana Krishnadas and Korla Bharati.

The party leaders asked the activists to explain the ‘injustice' done to the YSR's family and reasons for launching a new party to protect the interests of the common man. Mr.Suryanarayana and Mr.Ravindrababu said the party would win the hearts of all the sections and by-elections in Kadapa indicated the mood of the voters.