On Monday, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) spokesperson Pattabhi Ram slammed Andhra Pradesh President Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, calling TDP President N Chandrababu Naidu’s imprisonment a political vengeance. On Saturday, Naidu was arrested by the Andhra Pradesh Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in connection with an alleged corruption case.
“It is a dark day in Andhra Pradesh’s history.” Chandrababu Naidu was unjustly detained and imprisoned without ever appearing in court. I have a copy of the remand report submitted by Jagan Mohan Reddy’s administration. This study has not a single line proving that Chandrababu Naidu committed any type of corruption. “It’s purely a political vendetta,” remarked a TDP spokesperson.
“CM Jagan Mohan Reddy with the help of his police department had cooked up a false case without producing any kind of evidence,” he added.
TDP leaders also conducted a sitting protest against the arrest of the TDP Chief at Telangana TDP Headquarters, NTR Bhavan, Hyderabad, and yelled anti-arrest chants.
TDP leader Aravind Kumar Goud told ANI that Chandrababu Naidu lay the groundwork for both Telugu states’ prosperity. He went on to say that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy is exacting vengeance by arresting Chandrababu Naidu.
Meanwhile, TDP workers protested Chandrababu Naidu’s detention and judicial custody on Monday in Amaravati, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Chittoor, and West Godavari.
The TDP activists pelted stones on a bus in Chittoor district as the Road Transport Corporation (RTC) bus came out of the depot. Protestors also set tires ablaze on the road.
Expressing solidarity with TDP leader Nara Chandrababu, who was arrested and sent to custody in the alleged skill development case, the TDP has called for a bandh across the state. The AP police have enforced Section 144 across the state.
On Monday, the state police also tried to detain several party leaders including TDP MLC Kancherla Srikanth in Chittoor district as a preventive action to maintain law and order in the state.
Even as the police moved to detain TDP MLC Srikanth he staged a sit-in on the road and raised slogans against the Jagan Mohan Reddy government in the state.
Naidu was sent to judicial custody on Sunday for 14 days, till September 23, by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) court in Vijayawada in connection with the alleged Skill Development Corporation scam.
The case pertains to the establishment of clusters of Centers of Excellence (CoEs) in the state of Andhra Pradesh, with a total estimated project value of Rs 3300 crore, as per the officials.
