An all-party meeting organised here on September 23 (Saturday) under the aegis of Jai Bheem Party (JBP) president J. Sravan Kumar strongly condemned the alleged persecution of leaders of the opposition parties by the YSRCP government, with specific reference to the arrest of TDP national president and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in the alleged skill development scam case.
Addressing the gathering here, Mr. Sravan Kumar said the government was determined to stifle the voice of the Opposition as the general elections were nearing, and after Mr. Naidu’s arrest in a “false case,” the stage appeared to be set for the detention of his son Lokesh too.
He said arresting a party president six months before the elections was deplorable. It should not be seen as only the problem of the TDP but as a threat to democracy itself, as norms were being violated in a blatant manner.
