{
  "id": 25110,
  "title": "YSRCP accuses A.P. CM of stealing credit for Bhogapuram airport",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/ysrcp-accuses-a-p-cm-of-stealing-credit-for-bhogapuram-airport",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-02T03:02:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ysrcp-accuses-ap-cm-of-stealing-credit-for-bhogapuram-airport/article71294924.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "YSRCP State coordinator Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy has accused Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu of taking credit for Bhogapuram airport's construction, asserting that 80% of the physical progress was achieved during the YSRCP’s rule from 2019 to 2024. \"Only 20% of the works were done after the TDP-BJP-JSP alliance came to power,\" he stated, alleging that Naidu also falsely took credit for the steel plant project in Rayalaseema. At a media briefing at the YSRCP central office on Saturday, Reddy criticized Naidu's habit of attributing others' achievements to himself. He alleged that dissenting voices opposing the farm acquisition for the airport were silenced. Naidu conducted the Bhoomi Puja for the airport just before the 2019 elections, but the majority of the construction was carried out by the then YSRCP government, Reddy claimed. He questioned why Jagan Mohan Reddy did not inaugurate the airport hastily, despite the Central clearances, land acquisition completion, and substantial progress made during the YSRCP tenure. Reddy stated that the airport would have been operational in 2020-21 if not for the COVID pandemic, which delayed its inauguration.",
  "summary": "80% of the physical progress of Bhogapuram airport project has been achieved during the YSRCP’s tenure between 2019 and 2024, says Sajalla",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "Dhimsa ‘jamboree’ highlights tribal heritage of A.P. at Bhogapuram airport inaugural",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/dhimsa-jamboree-highlights-tribal-heritage-of-a-p-at-bhogapuram",
        "published": "2026-08-01T19:52:37.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}