YSRCP’s under-construction office demolished in Tadepalli; Jagan says ‘court order defied’

Amaravati: An under-construction central party office of the YSRCP was demolished in Tadepalli in the early hours of Saturday.

CRDA officials alleged that there were several irregularities in the construction.

A day earlier, YSRCP approached the High Court, challenging the preliminary actions of the CRDA. It had ordered a halt to any demolition activity. However, YSRCP claimed that the court order was defied.

In a post on X, YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said Chandrababu Naidu-led NDA state government has demolished the opposition party's under-construction central office at Tadepalli in Guntur district.

Jagan alleged that the demolition was carried out disregarding high court orders.

"Chandrababu took vendetta politics to the next level. Like a dictator, he got YSRCP's central office demolished with excavators and bulldozers, which was almost complete," said Reddy.

According to a YSRCP statement, the demolition commenced around 5.30 am on Saturday. "The demolition proceeded even though the YSRCP had approached the High Court the previous day (Friday), challenging the preliminary actions of the CRDA (Capital Region Development Authority)," said the statement.

YSRCP noted that the court had ordered a halt to any demolition activity, which was conveyed to the CRDA commissioner by a party lawyer, but the authority still went ahead and demolished the structure.

According to YSRCP, CRDA's action amounts to contempt of court.

The former chief minister alleged that law and justice have gone for a toss in the state under the TDP, BJP, and Janasena coalition government. He added that the demolition indicates how Naidu's reign in the next five years would be.

The YSRCP chief said the opposition party will not be intimidated by these vendetta politics. He promised that the party would fight for the people.

Meanwhile, TDP officials released a court order.

According to the TDP spokesperson, former chief minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, allotted two acres of irrigation land in survey number 202/A1 in Tadepalli in the capital area of Amaravathi to his party office.

"Jagan has prepared a plan to occupy the neighbouring 15 acres by building the party office in these two acres. It is now clarified that the Irrigation Department has not given the clearance to hand over these two acres to the YSRCP. The Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA), or the Mangalagiri, Tadepalli Municipal Corporation (MTMC) or even the Revenue officials did not hand over the land belonging to the Irrigation department to the then ruling party," said TDP in a statement.

It is told that YSRCP did not apply for the clearance of the plan to build the party office and began the construction.

Learning about all these matters, the general secretary of the Guntur district unit of the TDP lodged a complaint with the Commissioners of the CRDA, MTMC officials on the illegal occupation of this two acres land and wanted necessary action be taken against the illegal occupants.