TDP national president and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday blamed the YSRCP government’s continued harassment for the suicide of the Abdul Salaam family in Nandyal in Kurnool district.
Naidu demanded that the investigation into the Salaam family suicide be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to bring the facts. A special court should be formed to deal with the Nandyal suicide case. The officials responsible for this joint family suicide should be dismissed from service.
Naidu said that it was only because of the harassment in the name of the robbery case in the jewelry shop that Salaam along with his wife and two children ended their lives by falling under the train. Salaam had no other choice as he faced humiliation and persecution even while earning his livelihood by driving an auto-rickshaw.
Addressing a meeting of the party presidents of 25 Lok Sabha constituencies, the TDP chief said, “The suicide of the whole family was a reflection of the peak to which the YSRCP atrocities have reached in the state. A 10-year-old Muslim girl faced a molestation attempt at Bommuru. When they made the police complaint, the whole family members came under threat to withdraw the case.”
Naidu recalled how the Bommuru incident eventually led to the suicide attempt by the girl’s father Abdul Sattar in front of the Rajahmundry SP Office itself.
Naidu said that the YCP Government’s ruthlessness against the Muslims was evident from the pathetic incidents involving Abdul Salaam in Nandyal, Abdul Sattar family in Bommuru, a minor girl case in Rajahmundry and ban on over 100 families from a Palnadu village. Not only that, but the Dalits also faced similar attacks in Chirala, Gurazala and Punganur. Dalit youth Kiran was beaten to death in Chirala. Domathoti Vikram was killed in Gurazala. Three Dalits were tonsured in three districts.
Naidu asked the TDP leaders to hold protest rallies and candle demonstrations all over the State for the coming three days all over the State. Special prayers should be held for the deceased Salaam family. Rallies should be held on Wednesday. Candles should be lighted in front of the houses on Thursday evening. Special Friday prayers should be held in the masjids.