The Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee has condemned in strong terms “the unmindful violence that unfolded at Amalapuram over renaming of Konaseema after Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.”
The party leaders, led by their State unit president Sake Sailajanath, staged a demonstration in front of Dr. Ambedkar’s statue at Tummalapalli Kalakshetram here on Thursday. From there, the leaders started in a rally as part of ‘Chalo Amalapuram’ protest, but they were arrested by the police and shifted to the Krishnalanka police station.
Speaking to the media, the Congress president blamed the ruling YSRCP government for the present state of affairs in Amalapuram. He said the YSRCP gave ample scope for the ‘miscreants’ to run amok and said the manner in which the Minister’s house was targeted was raising doubts in the minds of the people. “If a Minister’s house is not safe, think of the plight of the common man,” he said and added that the arson at Amalapuram happened with the tacit support of the YSRCP.
