Jagan meets family of deceased YSRCP leader, claims CM Naidu is ‘targeting political adversaries’

Palnadu: Former Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy alleged that the CM N Chandrababu Naidu-led State government is targeting political adversaries and trying to scare them with false cases and imprisonment.

He warned that ‘the days would not be the same and all wrongdoers would pay a heavy price.’

Speaking to media after consoling the family members of Nagamalleswara Rao and unveiling his bust after paying tributes, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday said CM Naidu has been using police to settle political scores and he is responsible for the death of the sarpanch who driven to death by suicide and one Laxminarayana, of the same constituency, is battling for life in a hospital as he too attempted to give up life unable to bear the police harassment.

‘False cases on cadre’

The police and TDP government have built a narrative that people belonging to the Kamma community should not be in YSRCP and are specially targeting them, he said and narrated the sequence of events that led to Nagamalleswara Rao, with his father Vekatesh standing beside him. TDP and Jana Sena workers have filed false cases and have been targeting our party cadre, he said.

Nagamalleswara Rao was picked up by police a day before the counting and was threatened, insulted and beaten up and when the results came, he was again summoned to the station and threatened. Unable to bear the humiliation, he went to Guntur and told how he was harassed by police to his father before consuming pesticide. The father rushed to Guntur and rushed his son to the hospital, where he succumbed.

A private complaint lodged by Venkatesh was not being pursued despite court orders, the former CM said and warned all the erring officials that YSRCP will bounce back to power and these people will have to pay a price for misusing power. He stands as a live example of police atrocities, YS Jagan said.

‘Red Book constitution’

A similar case happened with Lakshminarayan, who hails from the Kamma community. After being harassed by police using remarks about caste, he too consumed pesticide and is still in the hospital fighting for life. “Chandrababu Naidu is responsible for these incidents and the Red Book constitution is being implemented in the State, putting the people on a leash of terror,” Jagan said.

He listed out the names of YSRCP leaders who hail from the Kamma community and are being targeted, starting from Vallabhaneni Vamsi to Kodali Nani, Devineni Avinash, Talasila Raghuram, MVV Satyanarayana, Abbaya Chowdary, Brahma Naidu, Posani Krishna Murali, and social media activists among others.