VIJAYAWADA, May 6: BJP Andhra Pradesh State President PVN Madhav on Tuesday directed party functionaries and officials to respond promptly to public grievances received through the Jana Varadhi programme and ensure their resolution without delay.

Madhav was addressing a review meeting of the Jana Varadhi initiative held at the BJP State Party Office in Vijayawada, where he participated as the chief guest. The meeting brought together party leaders, Jana Varadhi coordinators, and district representatives from across the state to assess the progress of the grievance redressal programme.

Speaking on the occasion, Madhav said that Jana Varadhi had emerged as a direct channel through which citizens could bring their problems to the party's attention. He emphasised that every petition received through the programme must be duly registered and treated as a priority, with resolution to be pursued through coordinated engagement with the relevant government departments.

"There should be no delay in addressing the grievances of the people," he said. "Officials and party representatives must work in coordination and ensure that each complaint is resolved within a defined timeframe."

Jana Varadhi as a platform for governance outreach

Madhav further observed that Jana Varadhi served a dual purpose — not only as a mechanism for grievance redressal, but also as a platform for creating awareness among citizens about government schemes and welfare programmes. He called upon party workers to use the initiative to identify local problems proactively and resolve them before they escalated.

The meeting witnessed extensive discussion on a range of petitions received through Jana Varadhi, following which an action plan was drawn up for their systematic resolution. District-wise reports were presented by Jana Varadhi coordinators, detailing the nature and volume of grievances received from their respective regions.

Wide representation at the review

The meeting was attended by senior state party leaders, heads of various party wings, and district-level representatives, reflecting the organisational importance the BJP has accorded to the Jana Varadhi programme as an instrument of public connect ahead of the coming political season.

Officials were directed to maintain a structured follow-up mechanism to ensure that petitions did not remain pending beyond the stipulated period, and that citizens received timely communication regarding the status of their complaints.

Tamil Nadu, April 17: Kokkera Srinivas Yadav, BJP election in-charge for the Tirupattur assembly constituency, on Friday called on senior party leader, former MLA and former national secretary Hariharan Rajaji at his residence in Karaikudi, Sivaganga district, as part of the party's ongoing efforts to strengthen its electoral preparedness in Tamil Nadu.

Speaking after the meeting, Srinivas Yadav said he had received valuable guidance from Rajaji on several matters relating to the forthcoming elections, and described the veteran leader's vast political experience as an invaluable resource for the party's ground-level workers.

He noted that Rajaji's family has had an unbroken association with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh since 1940, spanning multiple generations, a fact he described as a matter of great significance and inspiration for the organisation.

During the visit, Rajaji was honoured with a shawl as a mark of respect, and was presented with a copy of the Tamil devotional text "Naluguru Devaram Parayanam."

Srinivas Yadav expressed confidence that such meetings with experienced leaders would contribute meaningfully to strengthening the party's organisation and booth-level preparedness ahead of future elections. He said the BJP was committed to building a strong organisational base in Tamil Nadu through sustained engagement with veterans and grassroots workers alike.

GUNTUR, April 15: The Bharatiya Janata Party conducted a training session for party workers in the Guntur West Assembly segment on Wednesday as part of its ongoing statewide Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Prashikshan Mahabhiyan, an intensive capacity-building initiative aimed at strengthening the party's organisational presence at the booth level.

The session, held at Yogi Bhavan in Arandalpet, was organised under the direction of District President Cherukuri Tirupati Rao and convened by Mandal President Vakkalagadda Tirumalrao. The programme focused on the sixth module of the training series, themed 'Karya Vistaran – Booth Management,' which centred on expanding the party's reach and reinforcing its electoral machinery at the polling booth level.

BJP State Media Co-Convener and Brahmin Welfare Corporation Director Velagaleti Gangadhar presided over the session. Principal speaker Palapati Ravikumar stressed that the primary responsibility of party workers was to ensure that the welfare schemes initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached every eligible beneficiary at the grassroots. He urged workers to translate the party's founding principle of Antyodaya — upliftment of the last person in the queue — into tangible action by actively facilitating access to government programmes at the village and ward level.

Mr. Ravikumar also elaborated on the mechanics of effective booth management, emphasising direct voter outreach, systematic data collection, and enrolment of new voters as essential tools for organisational consolidation. He called upon workers to implement the BLA-2 framework diligently as a means of deepening the party's connect with the electorate.

Addressing the gathering, Mr. Velagaleti Gangadhar underlined the significance of such training programmes in sharpening the party's electoral preparedness, particularly with the upcoming corporation elections on the horizon. He noted that similar training sessions were being conducted across the state and at the national level to raise the overall standard of party work and worker performance.

The session was attended by BJP State Spokesperson Darshanpu Srinivas, District General Secretary Bajrang Ramakrishna, District Vice President Mantri Suguna, District SC Morcha President Dara Ambedkar, Mandal General Secretary Manchalla Ashok, and several district executive members including Govindrajula Rajyalakshmi, Ramadevi, Srikalyani, Dhanalakshmi, among others. Party workers Peddinti Krishna Chaitanya, Pemmaraju Sudhakar, Avantish Jain, Chegu Nageswara Rao, Manohar, Jitendra Gupta, Sanat Kumar, Suresh, Ramesh, and Chakravarthy also participated.

One Voice, One Vision: BJP Aranmula Gathers Around PM Modi's Mann Ki Baat in a Moment of Unity

ARANMULA, KERALAM — Sunday mornings have a certain quality to them — quieter, slower, reflective. And at the BJP Election Office in Aranmula Constituency on this particular Sunday, that reflective quality found a perfect expression.

Leaders and workers — some who had been campaigning late into the previous night, some who had driven in from distant corners of the constituency — pulled up chairs, settled in, and turned their attention to a screen. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was about to speak. And in Aranmula, the BJP was listening.

Together.

The 132nd episode of Mann Ki Baat — the Prime Minister's beloved monthly address to the nation — became on Sunday morning something more than a broadcast. In the Aranmula BJP Election Office, it became a gathering. A ritual. A moment of collective purpose that brought together Lok Sabha representatives, constituency leaders, mandal secretaries, panchayat presidents, district committee members, and the office staff who quietly keep the wheels of the election machinery turning — all under one roof, all tuned to one voice.

The Man Behind the Moment

Valluru Jayaprakash, BJP Election Incharge for Aranmula Constituency, was the driving force behind Sunday's collective viewing — and when he spoke about what Mann Ki Baat means to party workers on the ground, his words carried the conviction of someone who genuinely believes in what he is doing.

"Mann Ki Baat is Prime Minister Modi's direct conversation with every Indian citizen," Jayaprakash said, his voice warm with quiet enthusiasm. "It is a moment where the nation's leader speaks from his heart — to farmers, to students, to workers, to dreamers. When we sit together as BJP workers and listen to those words, something happens. We remember why we are here. We remember what we are fighting for."

He paused, and then added something that captured the essence of the morning perfectly.

"It energises us. Every single time."

For Jayaprakash, the collective viewing is not a ceremonial gesture or a box to be ticked on a campaign checklist. It is a genuine act of political and ideological recharging — a weekly reminder of the larger national mission that gives local electoral work its meaning and its momentum.

Around the Room

Look around the Aranmula BJP Election Office on Sunday morning and you saw the full spectrum of the party's organisational life in one compact, energised gathering.

Hedge — the Lok Sabha Prabari — brought the weight of senior leadership to the room. His presence was a quiet signal that Mann Ki Baat is not just for the grassroots. It is for everyone. Equally.

Bijju Mathew, the Aranmula Constituency Incharge, sat alongside — the man responsible for the day-to-day heartbeat of the election campaign, taking a moment of Sunday stillness before the week's campaigning resumes in earnest.

Suresh, the Aranmula Mandal Secretary, was there — the kind of party worker who knows every street, every family, and every political nuance in his area, and who carries that knowledge into every campaign interaction.

Vijay Kumar, President of Naranganam Panchayat, represented the bridge between party politics and local governance — a reminder that BJP's ambitions in Aranmula are rooted in a genuine commitment to community development and public service.

Mohan, the District Committee Member, brought the broader organisational perspective. And the office staff — the unsung heroes who answer phones, manage schedules, coordinate logistics, and keep the election office humming from morning to night — were present too, included not as an afterthought but as equal participants in the morning's shared experience.

It is that kind of inclusivity — where the senior leader and the junior office worker sit in the same room and listen to the same words — that Valluru Jayaprakash says defines the BJP's organisational culture in Aranmula.

What Mann Ki Baat Does for Workers on the Ground

Ask any BJP worker in any part of India what Mann Ki Baat means to them, and you will get a version of the same answer.

It connects. It inspires. It reminds.

In Kerala — where the BJP is working with sustained determination to build electoral credibility and voter trust in a politically competitive and ideologically diverse state — that connection carries special significance. The party is not the establishment here. It is the challenger. And challengers need fuel — the kind of fuel that comes from believing deeply in what you are doing and why you are doing it.

Mann Ki Baat provides that fuel. Week after week, episode after episode, the Prime Minister's words reach into BJP offices across Kerala and remind workers that their local efforts are part of a national story — that what they do in Aranmula matters to the larger project of building a stronger, more developed, more inclusive India.

"Every activity we undertake is part of building a genuine relationship with the people of Aranmula," Jayaprakash reflected. "Door-to-door campaigns, night outreach, constituency meetings — and yes, sitting together to listen to Mann Ki Baat. All of it is part of the same mission. All of it matters."

A Constituency Listening and Learning

The 132nd episode of Mann Ki Baat carried within it — as every episode does — the Prime Minister's reflections on the nation's journey, its achievements, its challenges, and its people. The workers gathered in Aranmula listened with attention and with the kind of focused engagement that suggests they were not merely watching a programme but absorbing a message.

In a constituency where the BJP is building electoral momentum brick by brick, conversation by conversation, and door by door — the morning's collective listening was one more brick laid, one more shared experience that binds a political family together and strengthens its collective resolve.

More Than Politics

Step back from the electoral context for a moment, and what you see in the Aranmula BJP Election Office on Sunday morning is something quite human and quite moving.

A group of people — different ages, different roles, different levels of seniority — sitting together in a room, listening to a voice they trust, and drawing strength from each other's company. In the middle of a demanding election campaign, in the heart of a politically competitive constituency, they carved out a Sunday morning hour for something that was not about tactics or targets or vote counts.

It was about values. About vision. About the quiet, sustaining power of shared belief.

And when the 132nd episode of Mann Ki Baat came to its end, and the chairs were pushed back, and the campaign day began in earnest — the men and women who filed out of the Aranmula BJP Election Office carried with them something that no campaign strategy can manufacture.

They carried purpose.

And in Aranmula, on this Sunday morning, that felt like more than enough.

The 132nd episode of Mann Ki Baat was broadcast on Sunday, March 29, 2026. The collective viewing at Aranmula BJP Election Office was organised under the leadership of Election Incharge Valluru Jayaprakash.

"లీడర్ విత్ కేడర్" కార్యక్రమంలో ఎమ్మెల్సీ లేళ్ళ అప్పిరెడ్డి

గుంటూరు (జర్నలిస్ట్ ఫైల్) :  "ఇప్పటి వరకు నన్ను గుండెల్లో పెట్టుకుని చూసుకుంటూ ఈ స్థాయికి తేవడమే కాక పెద్ద ఎత్తున నా జన్మదిన వేడుకలు నిర్వహించిన ప్రతి ఒక్కరికీ పేరుపేరునా హదయపూర్వక ధన్యవాదాలు" అని 
శాసనమండలి సభ్యులు, వైయస్సార్ కాంగ్రెస్ పార్టీ రాష్ట్ర ప్రధాన కార్యదర్శి లేళ్ళ అప్పిరెడ్డి తెలియజేశారు. వినూత్న సేవా కార్యక్రమాలతో వారోత్సవాలు, పుట్టినరోజు నాడు వాడ వాడలా  అంబరాన్నంటిన సంబరాలు నిర్వహించిన అందరికీ ఆయన శిరసు వంచి చేతలు జోడించి నమస్కరించారు.

         ఎమ్మెల్సీ లేళ్ళ అప్పిరెడ్డి పుట్టినరోజు వేడుకలను స్వచ్ఛందంగా నిర్వహించిన అభిమానులు, పార్టీ కార్యకర్తలతో బృందావన్ గార్డెన్స్‌లోని క్యాంపు కార్యాలయంలో జిల్లా గ్రంథాలయ సంస్థ చైర్మన్ బత్తుల దేవానంద్ ఆధ్వర్యంలో శనివారం "లీడర్ విత్ కేడర్" కార్యక్రమం జరిగింది. 

        ఈ సందర్భంగా ఎమ్మెల్సీ లేళ్ళ అప్పిరెడ్డి మాట్లాడుతూ, "ఓవైపు అధికారంలో లేము. మరోవైపు అక్రమ కేసులు.. అరెస్టులు.. ఆంక్షలు.. వేధింపులు వెంటాడుతున్నాయి. అయినా అప్పిరెడ్డి మావాడు అంటూ ఆకాశమే హద్దుగా చూపించిన మీ అభిమానానికి కొలతలు లేవు.. కొలమానాలు లేవు.." అని స్పష్టం చేశారు. అవధులు లేని గుంటూరు ప్రజల అభిమానం ఎన్నటికీ మరువలేనిదన్నారు. కులమతాలకు అతీతంగా తనను తమ కుటుంబ సభ్యుడిలా ఆదరించే తీరు అద్భుతమని అభిప్రాయపడ్డారు. ఏమిచ్చినా వారి రుణం తీర్చుకోలేనిదని ఆయన స్పష్టం చేశారు. ఏదో నాలుగు మాటలు చెబితే చాలదని.. తన చివరి శ్వాస వరకు ప్రజాసేవ చేయడం ద్వారా వారి రుణం కొంతైనా తీర్చుకునేందుకు ప్రయత్నిస్తానని ఆయన తెలిపారు. అపూర్వం - అపురూపం అయిన ఈ అభిమానాన్ని నా గుండెల్లో పదిలంగా భద్రపరుచుకుంటానని ఎమ్మెల్సీ లేళ్ళ అప్పిరెడ్డి ప్రకటించారు.

అంకిరెడ్డిపాలెంలోని ఓ సామాన్య కుటుంబం నుంచి వచ్చిన తన పట్ల పెద్ద ఎత్తున ఆదరాభిమానాలు చూపిన అందరినీ వ్యక్తిగతంగా కలవాలన్న ఉద్దేశంతోనే ఈ కార్యక్రమం ఏర్పాటు చేసినట్లు ఎమ్మెల్సీ లేళ్ళ అప్పిరెడ్డి వెల్లడించారు. అధికారంలో ఉంటే నేతల ప్రాపకం కోసమో.. పనుల కోసమో.. వేడుకలు నిర్వహించే వారిని చాలా మందినే చూసి ఉంటారు కానీ.. ఇలా స్వలాభాపేక్ష లేకుండా ఆపేక్ష కురిపించే వారిని సొంతం చేసుకున్న తానెంతో అదృష్టవంతుడినని ఆయన తెలిపారు. మీ కుటుంబ సభ్యుడిలా మీ ప్రతి కష్టసుఖాలలో తోడు-నీడలా నిలబడతానని చెబుతూ.. నా జీవన పయనం మీతోనే అని ఆయన స్పష్టం చేశారు. రాజకీయ పరమైన కార్యక్రమం కానప్పటికీ.. మనకి మంచి రోజులు రావాలంటే రాష్ట్రంలో వైయస్సార్ కాంగ్రెస్ పార్టీ ప్రభుత్వం అధికారంలోకి రావాలన్న వాస్తవాన్ని గుర్తెరిగి ప్రతి ఒక్కరూ వైయస్ జగన్‌ను మళ్ళీ ముఖ్యమంత్రిని చేసుకునే దిశగా కంకణబద్ధులు కావాలని ఎమ్మెల్సీ లేళ్ళ అప్పిరెడ్డి పిలుపునిచ్చారు.

గుంటూరు (జర్నలిస్ట్ ఫైల్): గుంటూరు జిల్లా బీజేపీ ఆధ్వర్యంలో మహాత్మా గాంధీ, లాల్ బహదూర్ శాస్త్రి జయంతి వేడుకలు కొరిటిపాడు పార్క్ సెంటర్‌లో ఘనంగా జరిగాయి. జిల్లా అధ్యక్షుడు చెరుకూరి తిరుపతిరావు నేతృత్వంలో జరిగిన ఈ కార్యక్రమానికి మేయర్ కోవెలమూడి రవీంద్ర (నాని), బీజేపీ సీనియర్ నాయకుడు జూపూడి రంగరాజు ముఖ్య అతిథులుగా హాజరయ్యారు.

భారతమాత, గాంధీజీ, శాస్త్రిజీ చిత్రపటాలకు పూలమాలలు వేసి నివాళులర్పించారు. అనంతరం పారిశుద్ధ కార్మికులకు పాదాభిషేకం చేసి కొత్త వస్త్రాలను అందజేశారు. ప్రధాని నరేంద్ర మోడీ జీవిత చరిత్రపై ఎగ్జిబిషన్, గో ఆధారిత ఉత్పత్తుల స్టాల్స్, ఖాదీ సంతను ఏర్పాటు చేశారు. మేయర్ రవీంద్ర, జూపూడి రంగరాజు రిబ్బన్ కట్ చేసి ప్రారంభించారు.

జూపూడి రంగరాజు మాట్లాడుతూ– "మోడీ 11 ఏళ్ల పాలనలో దేశం ఎన్నో రంగాల్లో అభివృద్ధి చెందింది. అంత్యోదయ పథకాలతో చివరి పౌరుడికి సాయం అందుతోంది. జీఎస్టీ తగ్గింపు వల్ల ప్రజల కొనుగోలు శక్తి పెరిగింది. స్వదేశీ ఉత్పత్తులు వినియోగిస్తే దేశ ఆర్థిక వ్యవస్థ మరింత బలపడుతుంది" అన్నారు.

మేయర్ కోవెలమూడి రవీంద్ర మాట్లాడుతూ– "మోడీ నిధుల మద్దతుతో రాష్ట్రానికి, నగరానికి ప్రాధాన్యత పెరిగింది. ఫ్లైఓవర్ పనులు వేగంగా మొదలయ్యాయి. స్వదేశీ వస్తువులను ప్రోత్సహిస్తే ఉద్యోగ అవకాశాలు పెరుగుతాయి" అని పేర్కొన్నారు.

ఈ కార్యక్రమంలో టొబాకో బోర్డు చైర్మన్ చిడిపోతు యశ్వంత్, ఐటీ సెల్ కన్వీనర్ మకుటం శివ, రాష్ట్ర కార్యవర్గ సభ్యులు ఈదర శ్రీనివాస్ రెడ్డి, శనక్కాయల అరుణ, జిల్లా సంయోజకుడు భీమినేని చంద్రశేఖర్, పాలపాటి రవి, వెలగలేటి గంగాధర్, కొత్తూరి వెంకట సుబ్బారావు, నేరళ్ళ మాధవరావు, పాండు రంగావిఠల్, టీవీ రావ్, చరక కుమార్ గౌడ్, డా. శనక్కాయల ఉమాశంకర్, బజరంగ్ రామకృష్ణ, దేసు సత్యన్నారాయణ, తోట శ్రీనివాసరావు తదితరులు పాల్గొన్నారు.