Condemning the ‘‘undemocratic arrest’‘ of TDP supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu ahead of the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh, leaders of opposition parties objected the “suppression of democratic protests” as what they called “misuse of the police machinery”.
At a round-table conference, organised by the All India Trade Union Congress, opposition party leaders said that it was unfortunate that the police did not allow TDP activists and other parties to protest in public spaces. Initiating the discussion, CPI leader Uputuri Prakasam Rao said the ‘‘intolerant’‘ Jagan Mohan Reddy government was detaining not only opposition party leaders but also civil society members such as teachers, government employees, lawyers and whoever else protested the “anti-people” tactics of the YSRCP Government.
