‘The 21st century belongs to Narendra Modi’: Naidu marks two years of NDA rule at Tirupati meeting

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu connected Friday (June 12, 2026) said “the 21st period belongs to Narendra Modi Ji”, crediting the Centre’s accordant enactment to Andhra Pradesh connected Polavaram, Amaravati, the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant and the Railway Zone, astatine the NDA’s ‘Two Years of Trust, Development and Welfare’ gathering astatine Daminedu adjacent Tirupati.

Greeting the Prime Minister connected completing 12 years successful office, Mr. Naidu called him a person undefeated successful elections for 25 years, archetypal arsenic Gujarat Chief Minister from 2001 and arsenic Prime Minister from 2014. More than 25 crore radical had been lifted retired of poorness nether his leadership, the nationalist road web had grown from 91,000 km successful 2014 to 1.46 lakh km, the fig of airports from 74 to 160, and 11 crore toilets and 4 crore houses for the mediocre had been built, helium said. Operation Sindoor showed the country’s resoluteness to respond firmly to immoderate menace to nationalist interests, and India had 1 of the lowest ostentation rates contempt the war successful West Asia, helium added.

Largest payment strategy successful the country

Listing his government’s record, the Chief Minister described NTR Bharosa arsenic the largest payment strategy successful the country, providing ₹4,000 a period to 63 lakh pensioners. Women had made implicit 71 crore escaped autobus journeys nether Stree Shakti, Thalliki Vandanam was reaching each eligible kid successful a family, and the authorities would support absorbing rising LPG prices nether Deepam-2, helium said. Farmers were receiving ₹20,000 a twelvemonth nether Annadata Sukhibhava, ₹6,000 from the Centre and ₹14,000 from the State, and paddy procurement payments were being cleared wrong 24 hours.

Teacher posts had been filled done the Mega DSC, 5,757 constables appointed, and the authorities had absorbed ₹4,668 crore to chopped powerfulness tariffs done a ‘true-down’ accommodation alternatively of raising them, Mr. Naidu said. He announced that 33% preservation for women successful legislative bodies would beryllium provided soon.

Even the British did not interaction Tirumala

Mr. Naidu launched a crisp onslaught connected the YSRCP and its main Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy implicit the sanctity of the Tirumala temple, recalling the contention implicit the alleged usage of adulterated ghee successful the laddu prasadam during the erstwhile regime. Asking the gathering whether they had forgotten the issue, helium said immoderate disrespect to Lord Venkateswara, “the deity of the Kali Yuga”, was an affront to devotees. “Even the British did not interfere with Tirumala, yet the Axe Party (referring to YSRCP) committed that heinous act,” helium said.

Alleging that respective temples crossed the State had been “systematically desecrated” nether the erstwhile government, the Chief Minister said helium had ne'er harboured hatred towards immoderate religion, but devotees had a work to basal up whenever the deity was insulted. Attempts were inactive being made to disturb the sanctity of Tirumala, helium alleged, informing that divine justness would prevail and that his authorities had the resoluteness and capableness to support the temple’s holiness and traditions.

Oxygen to a State connected a ventilator

The NDA had provided “oxygen to a State that was efficaciously connected a ventilator”, Mr. Naidu said, accusing the erstwhile YSRCP government of leaving a ₹10 lakh crore indebtedness and mortgaging MRO offices, hospitals and aboriginal liquor revenues. “Do those who mortgaged the State person the close to talk astir the State?” helium asked. “There is nary secrecy successful governance. As the person of a people’s government, I stock everything with the public,” helium said, referring to the 7 achromatic papers his authorities released aft taking office.

Investments were returning, helium said, citing support for a fifth-generation combatant pitchy task astatine Puttaparthi successful 36 days, a Royal Enfield works successful Tirupati territory and a ‘Quantum Valley’ coming up successful Amaravati.

Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, HRD and IT Minister Nara Lokesh, Union Ministers K. Rammohan Naidu and Pemmasani Chandrasekhar, and BJP State president P.V.N. Madhav participated successful the meeting, which the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Minister inaugurated by lighting a lamp.

Two years of the people’s government

Earlier successful the day, successful a station connected X, Mr. Naidu said, “It has been precisely 2 years since the people’s authorities assumed work with the immense spot of 5 crore people. While the erstwhile authorities near down challenges, crises and problems, we person been overcoming them and delivering welfare, improvement and bully governance.”