VIJAYAWADA: The Communist Party of India (CPI) here on Tuesday predicted the defeat of ruling Telugu Desam Party in the next general elections. CPI AP secretary K Ramakrishna said that the TDP had failed to fulfil all the promises it had made during the last elections. There is total unrest among the people over the performance of the TDP during the last four years, he said and added that the people were ready to teach a lesson to the TDP leaders in the elections.

Ramakrishna took a dig at chief minister Chandrababu Naidu celebrating 1500 days in office and asked the chief minister to release a white paper on the achievements of the government in the last four years. “There is corruption everywhere. Starting from the Janma Bhoomi committees at the village level, the ruling party leaders at every level were indulging in huge corruption. The corruption is visible in sand, mining, liquor, call money, and every illegal activity,” Ramakrishna said.

The CPI leaders said that the party would hold its State council meeting for two days at Rajamahendravaram from August 11. The party would take decisions in its approach towards other parties in the next elections, he said.

The party would also organise massive human chain across the State on June 25 against the denial of special category status to the State. The CPI leader said that they were getting ready to involve every section of the people in the human chain. “We are expecting about one crore people to join the protest on the day,” he said.

Ramakrishna further said that they would also organise a day-long protest in Vijayawada on September 15 along with the CPM and other Left parties on the bifurcation demands.

