Telugu Desam Party (TDP) State president K. Atchannaidu has alleged that the way the remand report in the arrest of party national president N. Chandrababu Naidu was drafted makes it evident that the “CID is working for Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.”
Alleging that the report was prepared by just assumptions to “target” Mr. Naidu, Mr. Atchannaidu also claimed that it was a “clear case of political revenge.”
The YSRCP government was unable to digest the reception Mr. Naidu and TDP national general secretary N. Lokesh had been receiving from the public during their campaign, Mr. Atchannaidu said while addressing the media here on Sunday. This had upset Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy and hence the arrest was made to divert attention, he alleged.
Mr. Atchannaidu said that the Andhra Pradesh Skill Development Corporation case was not new and the FIR had been registered in December 2019. Already many people had been arrested for their alleged involvement in this case. Among them, a few were on bail, remand report on a few was rejected, while some were on anticipatory bail, he said.
“The YSRCP is deliberately trying to involve Mr. Naidu and me in the case, and we do not have any connection at all. A Chief Minister and Ministers generally take policy decisions for the well-being of the people. It is the officials who execute it. Why did the CID not involve any of the then officials in the case? Why are the names of Ajay Kallam and Premachandra Reddy missing? Is it because they belong to the Chief Minister’s community,” he alleged.
He also said that the officials did not even have the basic knowledge that they had to take the Governor’s permission to arrest a former Chief Minister and Leader of the Opposition.
The TDP State president said that if the government proved that Mr. Naidu and he were involved in siphoning money through any scams, he was ready to “move away from political life and behead himself.”
“The YSRCP feels that arresting Mr. Naidu and other important leaders will create panic atmosphere among the cadres. But that is not going to happen. We believe that justice will prevail. Moreover, people of the State are keenly watching the happenings and are ready to teach the ruling party a lesson in the coming elections,” he added.
He also said that as G-20 summit was going on in New Delhi, the YSRCP wanted to tarnish the image of Mr. Naidu, as many leaders knew him very well.
He also condemned the police action to stop Jana Sena Party chief K. Pawan Kalyan from coming to Vijayawada. The YSRCP government did not want any opposition parties in the State, he charged.
