TD-Led NDA’s First Year Marks Oppression Than Progress: Ambati

VIJAYAWADA: Former minister Ambati Rambabu underlined that the NDA coalition government in Andhra Pradesh, nearing its first year in power, has resorted to a disturbing pattern of unlawful arrests and politically motivated persecution targeting opposition leaders and public servants.

“The government’s tenure has been marked by oppression, rather than progress,” Rambabu remarked. “From political leaders to IAS and IPS officers, no one has been spared from fabricated cases and detentions,” he sought to point out.

The former minister said arrests of senior IAS officer Dhanunjaya Reddy and OSD Krishna Mohan Reddy, who served the Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy government, exemplifies this vendetta.

“These actions mirror Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s past tactics. In collusion with the Congress party, he had previously imprisoned Jagan Mohan Reddy on baseless charges. Chandrababu Naidu’s current actions too stem from personal grudges, including his own imprisonment in the skill development scam. This has prompted him to now target YSRC leaders and officials,” Rambabu stated.

He vowed to fight these injustices through legal avenues. “We will not be intimidated by illegal cases. Our battle will be waged in the courts, and we will expose this misuse of power,” he affirmed.

The YSRC leader called on people of Andhra Pradesh to realise the coalition’s tactics and stand against their attempts to erode democratic values.