Kapu leader and former minister Mudragada Padmanabham announced that he is committed to his statement of changing his name if Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan wins from Pithapuram. He said he would change his name into Mudragada Padmanabha Reddy as per his challenge.Padmanabham said that he had started work on changing his name through the State Gazette. He would go for the change of his name as he promised before the elections. Padmanabham said that he would change his name if Pawan Kalyan won the election from Pithapuram. As Pawan Kalyan won the election, Padmanabham is changing his name.
Padmnabham said that he would stay with Jagna Mohan Reddy for the rest of his life. He said Jagan Mohan Reddy had implemented a number of welfare schemes that no chief minister had done so far. He wondered why people had rejected him in the elections.Mudragada said that Jagan Mohan Reddy had introduced several welfare measures and developed the state like never before. The good work done in the name of Nadu-Nedu for the schools and hospitals is remarkable, he said. He further said that 17 new medical colleges and hospitals were coming up to take care of the health of the people.
The Ports, fishing harbours and industrial corridors were also initiated by the Jagan Mohan Reddy government. Several industries have come to the state like Adani and Ambani, he said. He regretted that people had defeated Jagan Mohan Reddy without thinking for a while.
