Srikakulam: YSRCP SC, ST, BC and Minority Ministers started their Samajika Nyaya Bheri – Jayaho Jagananna Bus Yatra on Thursday morning from Seven road junction in Srikakulam by garlanding the statue of YS Rajasekhar Reddy.

Ministers Dharmana Prasada Rao, Botcha Satyanarayana, Sidiri Appalaraju, Ch Venugopalakrishna, V Rajani, Taneti Vanitha, Pidika Rajanna Dora, Audimulapu Suresh, Meruga Nagarjuna, Amzath Basha, MLAs, MLCs, MPs and YSRCP regional coordinator and district presidents took part in Yatra.

They also paid floral tributes to the statues of BR Ambedkar, Jyotirao Phule, Komaram Bheem, Moulana Abul Kalam Azad and Babu Jagjivan Ram. About 5K YSRCP activists followed the Bus Yatra on two wheelers. The yatra enrouted Etcherla, Ranastalam and Pydibhimavaram and other places enroute to Vizianagaram. The ministers were accorded a warm welcome by YSRCP activists at several places.

Earlier, in the day the group of ministers performed a special ritual at Sri Suryanarayana Swamy temple at Arasavalli. Dharmana, Botcha and Sidiri held a press conference and explained the objective of the Yatra.