Naidu slams Jagan, says harm to law and order, public safety will not be tolerated

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu speaking at a press conference at his camp office near Vijayawada on Thursday. Minister Nara Lokesh is seen.
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Criticising YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) president and former Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy over his visits to Tenali and Podili, and portraying Amaravati as a capital of prostitutes, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said that he would not tolerate anyone who disturbs Law and Order (L&O), and that public safety was paramount for him.

Speaking to the media at his camp office after launching the Talliki Vandanam scheme on Thursday, he said Mr. Jagan went to Tenali to ‘‘support rowdies and ganja batch’’. ‘‘What message did he want to convey to the public?’‘

‘’Mr. Jagan took goons to Podili to attack women and indulged in rowdyism.’‘ Even though the government was paying ₹12,000 per quintal for tobacco, the YSRCP leader, without any responsibility, took thousands of people to Podili (tobacco auction centre) and created a ruckus. They stirred up trouble in Podili just to divert attention from their filthy comments on Amaravati. There, they attacked women with stones, he said.

“They dared to describe Capital Amaravati as a city of prostitutes. How can they call Amaravati, a divine capital, as a city of prostitutes? How arrogant must one be to utter such words,” Mr. Naidu said.

The Chief Minister said that he would expose the YSRCP’s behaviour with proper evidence at the right time.

Mr. Naidu asserted that he would not remain a silent spectator if anyone disturbs public safety and law and order. ‘‘Until now, you have seen my goodness… from now on, I will not tolerate. If limits are crossed, I will no longer remain silent,’‘ he said.

‘’The previous YSRCP regime had destroyed the State. Now, unable to digest the development and welfare being done by the coalition government, they are conspiring across the State like demons. Even after being limited to just 11 seats by the people, they have not learnt their lesson,’‘ Mr. Naidu said.

HRD Minister Nara Lokesh was also present.