Police owed explanation on Kalyanadurgam tragedy
Minister’s rally put above life of a hapless child
Lokesh slams Child Welfare Minister for child’s death
AMARAVATI: TDP National President and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday expressed shock over the death of a one-year old child due to traffic obstruction caused by a Minister’s rally in Kalyanadurgam in Anantapur district.
Naidu said that persons in high positions in the YCP Government became responsible for the child’s death by stopping traffic for the sake of their celebrations.
In a twitter message here, the TDP chief termed it as unpardonable that the Ministers’ rallies were being given priority over and above the life of an infant being taken for emergency medical treatment. How could the police obstruct the child from being rushed to the hospital in the name of traffic regulation for the Minister’s rally?
Naidu demanded the police to give their explanation for the tragic death. The untimely death of their child gave a severe blow to Dalit couple Ganesh and Eeswaramma belonging to Cherlopalli village in Setturu mandal in Kalyanadurgam assembly segment. Their grief was inconsolable.
Naidu strongly criticised Minister K.V. Ushasri Charan for converting her welcome rally into a funeral procession for an infant. How could meaningless restrictions be imposed leading to the death of the small child? What explanations could they give to console the parents who lost their child?
TDP national general secretary Nara Lokesh, in a separate statement, held the police overaction responsible for the death of the small child in Kalyanadurgam. The police overacted in the name of Minister Ushasri Charan’s welcome procession.
Lokesh called the infant’s tragic death a ‘murder committed by the Minister and the police’. The parents pleaded with the police for giving way to rush their child for medical treatment. As their plea fell on deaf ears, the child met with death eventually.
The TDP MLC said it was ironical that the Child Welfare Minister’s procession became responsible for the death of a child. Ushasri Charan should explain whether it was child welfare to kill infants for the sake of their celebration rallies.
Nara Lokesh demanded the Government to take action against the police officials who caused the death of the infant by ignoring the pleas of parents for immediate treatment.
