Kandakur stampede: YSRCP says Naidu's self-promotion led to death of eight innocent people

Amaravati: YSRCP General Secretary and Advisor to government (Public Affairs) Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy blamed TDP and its chief N Chandrababu Naidu for the Kandakur stampede that left eight people dead.

Addressing the media, Reddy said Naidu deliberately held the rally in a narrow lane in order to capture the visuals through drone shots to show a huge crowd for his meeting. However, his self-promotion mission failed miserably and led to the killing of eight innocent people while injuring several others.

"'Why didn't Naidu follow the instructions given by the police? Why did he move his meeting to a different location for which permission was never sought?" he asked

He said it is a shame that the opposition leader is trying to turn even this tragedy in his favor. "It's shocking to see that no matter what happens, Chandrababu's desire is always to make sensational news out of it. And this human sacrifice too has taken place due to his perversity," he said.

He said even during his own regime, his thirst for self-promotional activities led to the death of 27 pilgrims during Godavari Pushkaralu.

"Why is Naidu trying to pin the blame on the authorities when it is he who is behind these murders? The fact of the matter is that the opposition leader does not value lives", he questioned.

Reddy said that Naidu is using people for his personal and political gains and nothing can be worse than that. People are watching and will teach him a lesson.