Vijayawada, May 22 : Telugu Desam Party National President and former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday slammed the Jagan Mohan Reddy headed YSRCP government for ‘ill-treating its own MP K Raghurama Krishna Raju by filing a ‘false sedition case’ as part of its autocratic tactics to silence all dissenting voices in the state.’

Mr Naidu recalled how the whole country had watched when the Supreme Court made its landmark observations on the AP regime before giving bail to the ‘YSRCP rebel MP’. It was a disgrace to the Jagan Reddy rule, he said.

“The Supreme Court had said it believed prima facie that Mr. Raju was ill-treated while in the custody of the AP CID. At one time during his arrest, Raju’s family members were afraid that he might be killed overnight in the Guntur jail”, the TDP Chief said.

“It was unfortunate that a senior advocate arguing for the AP Government expressed doubt that Mr Raju might have inflicted fractures on his legs during the transit from Guntur to Secunderabad Army Hospital.

The Supreme Court rightly reminded the learned counsel that Mr Raju was in the custody of the AP Police only at that time”, he pointed out.

Expressing concern over ‘collapse of rule of law’ in the state, the former Chief Minister flayed that Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy was under a delusion that he could do whatever he liked at his whims and fancies regardless of the fundamental rights provided by the Indian Constitution to every citizen.

The murder of Chief Minister’s own uncle Y S Vivekananda Reddy remained a mystery. Just because systems became helpless in the Viveka murder, it would not be correct for this oppressive YSRCP regime to think it can kill anybody anytime and escape without any punishment, he alleged.

Stating that that Ms.Nilam Sawhney worked as Chief Secretary of the state and also as Advisor for Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy before becoming AP State Election Commissioner (SEC), Mr.Naidu said that the High Court questioned the suitability of Ms.Sawhney for the SEC post since she had brazenly misinterpreted and violated the Supreme Court’s order (437/2020).

He said over Rs.160 crore public funds were wasted on the MPTC and ZPTC elections which were now cancelled by the High Court and asked who would take responsibility for this misuse.(UNI)