Amaravathi, Dec 3: The MLA and senior Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader, Mr Anagani Satya Prasad, on Saturday said that the gambling mafia, run by the YSRCP leaders, is ruling the roost in the State, throwing hundreds of families onto the roads.
In an open letter to the Chief Minister, Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy, the TDP MLA said that several gambling dens are set up on the Krishna river bed which are being run by the YSRCP leaders involving hundreds of crores of rupees. Recalling the statement made by Mr Jagan on the floor of the Assembly on December 1, 2020 that running of gambling dens will not be tolerated whoever is there behind the dens, Mr Anagani Satya Prasad said that no action has been taken till now though two years have passed since the Chief Minister gave the assurance to the people.
Though it is more than two years since the issue of the family members of the YSRCP MP have been operating a club at Nizampatnam in Repalle constituency where cards were being played, till now no action has been initiated. They are still running the clubs, he added.
Such clubs are being freely operated with the blessings of another YSRCP MP, Mopidevi Venkata Ramana, on the river bed near Repalle, he said, adding that the river bed has become the care of address for such clubs. While several restrictions are being imposed for a common man to visit the river bed, special boats are being arranged to carry those who are indulging in such anti-social activities, Mr Satya Prasad said.
People from various parts of the State are visiting the river beds where the clubs are in operation and they are indulging in various anti-social activities, he said. The ruling party leaders have made such an arrangement on the river beds that whatever these elements want is available there and there is no time limit for them, he said with serious concern.
No action has been taken against the councillor, Mr Jameer, of the 25th ward in Repalle, though he has been organising clubs illegally where cards are being played, Mr Anagani Satya Prasad said and demanded immediate action to check such illegal activities and initiate action against Mopidevi Venkata Ramana and others.
