No rule of law in AP, alleges TDP

Vijayawada: TDP State unit president Kinjerapu Atchan Naidu on Saturday said that there is no rule of law in the State after YSRCPcame to power in 2019.

When the Opposition parties, employees' unions and people's associations want to organise public meetings in a peaceful manner, they are denied permissions while the meetings being addressed by the ruling YSRCP are accorded permission on a high-priority basis overnight. This is highly undemocratic, Naidu said in a press note released here.

Besides denying permission for the meetings being organised by the Opposition parties, the leaders of these parties are being illegally arrested, detained and are being confined to house-arrests while the YSRCP leaders are being granted permissions instantly, he said.

How permissions can be granted in the name of 'Aasara' and Siddham' which are causing great inconvenience to the public and huge traffic jams, Atchen Naidu wondered.

He alleged that there is now rule of law in the State. How permission can be granted for the YSRCP public meeting being organised along the national highway in Raptadu, the TDP State unit president asked. A week before this meeting curbs were imposed in the area, he said and pointed out that the meeting is being organised on February 18 while restrictions came into force from February 11.

When the TDP wanted to hold public meetings permission is being denied by the officials concerned but the YSRCP meetings are being granted permission on a war footing basis, Naidu stated.

The TDP State president is of the opinion that the countdown has already begun for the YSRCP to pack off as the people want to see TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu as next Chief Minister.