Archive · 12 Oct 2026
Minister Urges Voters to Elect Coalition Candidates in Local Elections
Gottipati Ravi Kumar is a minister who spoke at events in Repalle.
He asked people to vote for candidates from the coalition government in upcoming local elections.
He said the government wants to support both public welfare and development.
He helped launch a project to build electrical towers costing Rs 56 crore.
He said the towers should help improve electricity supply.
He also said the government had not increased electricity tariffs during its time in office.
He criticized the previous government for raising tariffs.
He said more electricity would be generated and bought to help keep power flowing.
He promised to work on electricity problems for aquaculture farmers in the area.
Energy Minister Gottipati Ravi Kumar urged voters to elect coalition candidates in forthcoming local body elections.
He said the coalition government was giving equal importance to welfare and development under Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
Ravi Kumar laid the foundation stone for electrical towers costing Rs 56 crore in Repalle to improve power supply.
He said the government had not raised electricity tariffs during its approximately two years and four months in office, contrasting this with increases under the previous YSRCP government.
He said the government was increasing power generation and buying additional electricity, and promised to address electricity problems faced by aquaculture farmers in the Repalle region.
- Who
- Energy Minister Gottipati Ravi Kumar, alongside Minister Kolusu Parthasarathy and Minister Anagani Satya Prasad.
- What
- Ravi Kumar urged voters to support coalition candidates and launched power and other development projects.
- When
- Sunday; the forthcoming local body elections were mentioned, but no date was given.
- Where
- Repalle town and the surrounding region; the events were reported from Guntur.
- Why
- He said public support for coalition candidates and cooperation with the government would help accelerate development.
Ravi Kumar's account
His criticism of the previous government
Electricity tariffs
Ravi Kumar's account
Ravi Kumar said the coalition government had not increased electricity tariffs during its approximately two years and four months in office.
His criticism of the previous government
He said the previous YSRCP government imposed tariff increases once every six months, adding to consumers' burden.
- Electrical tower project
- Foundation stone laid for towers costing Rs 56 crore in Repalle.
- Stated purpose
- Improve the power supply system in Repalle town.
- Tariff claim
- Ravi Kumar said the coalition government had not increased electricity tariffs during its approximately two years and four months in office.
- Previous government
- He said the previous YSRCP government raised electricity tariffs once every six months.
- Power supply measures
- He said the government was increasing electricity generation and purchasing additional power from external sources.
- Aquaculture farmers
- Ravi Kumar said electricity-related problems for farmers in the Repalle region would be resolved soon.