Sharmila slams CM Jagan for failing to make Kadapa steel plant a reality

Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president Y.S. Addressing an election meeting at Jammalamadugu in Kadapa district, Ms. Sharmila said she had fond memories of this place, as not only she and her brother Y.S. YSR was determined to build the proposed Kadapa steel factory in the area though the project was to cost around ₹30,000 crore, as it would generate employment opportunities for more than one lakh local people,” she said, adding that the project would have been operational by now had YSR been alive today. Ms. Vimala had reportedly accused Ms. Sharmila and Ms. Suneetha of causing “irrefutable damage to the family honour” by projecting Mr. Avinash Reddy as an accused in the murder case. “The sisters are accusing their own cousin based on the confession made by one of the accused in the murder case, which is not fair,” Ms. Vimala reportedly said, and appealed to them to reconsider their decision to launch a tirade against their own cousin based on “flimsy legal grounds.” Alleging that Ms. Vimala Reddy’s family got financially strengthened with the contract works given by the YSRCP government and hence was speaking in his favour, Ms. Sharmila told the media in Kadapa district that “due to old age, my aunt seems to have forgotten the brutal murder of her brother at the hands of family members.