Is Kuppam in Pakistan and is this Pakistan, asked the former chief minister and TDP national president, Mr Nara Chandrababu Naidu, here on Thursday.
Mr Chandrababu Naidu visited those party activists who sustained injuries and are undergoing treatment in hospital. The victims narrated their cup of woes to Mr Chandrababu and complained to him that the police beat them up mercilessly.
Later, talking to media persons Mr Chandrababu Naidu complained that almost the entire State police force is deployed in Kuppam and that about 1500 policemen attacked the TDP activists besides attempt-to-murder cases were registered against them. “Four cases have been registered against the party leaders and activists. We too can file reverse cases against the policemen,” he said.
Observing that the State Government is creating disorder in Kuppam which is totally peaceful, Mr Chandrababu Naidu asked as to how the police can encounter innocent persons under the directions of a psycho. “This psycho Chief Minister, who is in power today, will be out tomorrow. But the officers who are deliberately committing crime will have to face the consequences,” the TDP supremo maintained.
Asking whether the Kandukur incident is not the failure of the police, Mr Chandrababu Naidu felt that not deploying the police at Kandukur is certainly a conspiracy. “How can you register cases for your own failures and conspiracies,” he questioned. Stating that he has a very high regard for the police, the former chief minister said that he never thought that the police will act in such a manner that they are now getting defamed.
Demanding that the police make it clear that cases will not be filed if no mistake is committed, Mr Chandarbabu made it clear that his programmes in Kuppam will continue tomorrow and day after. “Is it not a fact that the Minister, Mr Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy, issued notices on the local granite businessmen,” he said and felt that such reports are coming from the whole State.
The TDP will not remain silent if Mr Peddyreddy is looting the State, he said, adding that the price of Sivasakthi milk is brought down only after the TDP raised its voice. Pointing out that eight persons died during the visit of Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy when he was in Opposition, Mr Chandrababu said that he did not file cases then.
Maintaining that the Britishers are far better than Mr Jagan, he felt that the State Government should have learnt a lesson when the court pointed out certain issues in the Guntur incident. Mr Chandrababu Naidu made it clear that the ongoing battle is not that of a party’s fight but a people’s struggle.
