The NDA government in Andhra Pradesh has been spending the last one and a half years on just targeting former Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy and suppressing the party’s protest against the alleged privatisation of government medical colleges, said the YSRCP leader Ambati Rambabu in a press conference.
For the last 18 months, instead of addressing the grievances of the general public, and fulfilling election promises, the government has been working with only one agenda—hounding Reddy and obstructing the YSRCP’s movement against the privatisation of government medical colleges, the leader added.
He alleged that Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan was functioning entirely under the directions of Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, saying the Jana Sena chief had "switched off his brain" and reduced himself to a "political puppet".
Rambabu accused Kalyan of "abandoning the people" who voted for him and allowing his party to become an "appendage of the TDP."
Further, he claimed that NDA leaders were "focused only on twisting the Parakamani case" rather than addressing the issues raised by Reddy.
According to probing agencies, cash offerings were allegedly stolen during the YSRCP government. Ravi Kumar, a TTD employee, was arrested in April 2023 for allegedly stealing around USD 920 from the Parakamani, the temple’s coins and currency counting centre.
Defending the YSRCP chief, Rambabu said Reddy had built and inaugurated the secure Parakamani complex, which safeguards assets worth Rs 14 crore. He termed the comparison to an alleged Rs 70,000 theft "politically motivated".
He also questioned Kalyan’s shush on controversies and temple-related thefts reported during earlier TDP regimes, and alleged that Kalyan avoids criticising Naidu because of political dependence, but repeatedly targets Reddy to suit the TDP narrative.
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