TDP leaders and police officials will face the consequences if YSRPC comes to power, warns Jagan Mohan Reddy

The TDP leaders and police officials will face the consequences if the YSRCP comes to power in the 2029 elections, warns its president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.

Addressing the media at the party central office at Tadepalli on Wednesday, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy alleged that Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu was misusing power to harass the opposition party leaders and cadre.

He alleged that the DIGs in the State were indulging in corruption on behalf of the ruling dispensation. “Certain DIGs and police officers are behaving like mafia dons, collecting bribes from illegal liquor and sand operations, and sharing the proceeds with ruling party leaders,” the YSRCP chief alleged.

‘Authoritarian governance’

He accused the NDA government of resorting to authoritarian governance, misuse of police machinery, and suppression of opposition party leaders.

“The YSRCP is the only party consistently responding to public grievances,” he said, and claimed that the remained the sole voice actively questioning the failure in delivering promises made by Mr. Naidu.

Mr. Naidu, having lost public trust, was misusing police powers to suppress dissent, he alleged. The government filed false cases against senior IPS officers such as P.S.R. Anjaneyulu, Sunil Kumar and Kanti Rana Tata, the former Chief Minister alleged.

“Over 80 inspectors and hundreds of constables remain suspended or sidelined, while only pro-TDP officers are being empowered,” he said, and cited the resignation of IPS officer Siddharth Kaushal as an example of the “unbearable pressure being exerted by the government on honest officers.”

Condemning the attack on Krishna ZP chairperson Uppala Harika allegedly by TDP workers while she was on her way to attend the ‘Recalling Chandrababu’s Manifesto’ programme, he said despite police presence, the mob attacked and hurled stones at her car. “Shockingly, no arrests have been made. A false case has been filed against her husband,” he said.

Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy listed instances wherein false FIRs had been registered against the YSRCP leaders during his visits to mirchi yard and mango market, and condolence meeting in the recent past.

He questioned why raising public issues was being treated as a crime under the current regime. Despite borrowing ₹1.75 lakh crore in 14 months, the government failed to implement a single major welfare scheme, he alleged.

‘Nothing wrong in using film dialogues’

Reacting to cases filed on leaders and cadre who uttered controversial film dialogues, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy observed that there was nothing wrong in using film dialogues and expressions. “If they are so objectionable, then why did the Board of Film Certification allow such dialogues and expressions, and why did the film maker produce such movies? Let them stop it there itself,” he said.