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The Hindu
2 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Arrest of YSRCP leaders intended to divert people's attention from failures of government: Amarnath
YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leader and former Minister Gudivada Amarnath alleged that the Chandrababu Naidu government was arresting YSRCP leaders as it was unable to digest the tremendous response to the 'Babu Surety – Mosam Guarantee' programme of the YSRCP. Addressing a media conference here on Monday, Mr. Amarnath said that Mr. Naidu wants to divert the attention of people from the failures of his government to fulfil their election promises. They have booked around 2,800 cases after coming to power. The way in which two TDP-friendly vernacular dailies were reporting on the remand or arrest of YSRCP leaders even before the investigation agency took any action indicated that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) appointed by the government was basing its probe on the reports given in those two newspapers, he alleged. The YSRCP leader said that the liquor scam case was based on 'oral evidence' that some officials had spoken to the YSRCP leaders. It was common for officials to speak to the ruling party leaders, Ministers or the Chief Minister in any government. The officials would be speaking to Mr. Naidu and Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan on a regular basis and wonder whether it could be construed as nexus with the officials, he ask Mr. Amarnath alleged that the TDP government was arresting the YSRCP leaders with a political vengeance. He dared the government to show the proof of YSRCP leaders' involvement in the cases. The chargesheet says that the cases were booked based on 'assumption'. It does not say that money was received or that the leaders were caught taking money. This proves that the YSRCP leaders were being implicated in the cases, he alleged. He recalled that the YSRCP government had shown evidence on the alleged involvement of Mr. Naidu in the skill development scam between 2014-19. He alleged that the TDP-led government was putting the 15 medical colleges sanctioned during the YSRCP regime for sale to privatise them.
Hans India
22-06-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
New twist to man's death during Jagan Mohan Reddy's rally in Andhra's Guntur
In a new twist to the case relating to the death of a person during YSRCP President Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy's June 18 rally in Guntur district, a video has surfaced allegedly showing the victim coming under the wheels of the vehicle carrying the former chief minister. The video was widely shared on social media platforms since Saturday, but its veracity could not be confirmed. The video shows Jagan standing on the door of his vehicle to wave at his supporters who were vying with each other to shake hands with him, and a man coming under the front wheel of the vehicle. The police have not yet reacted to the video, while the YSR Congress Party has dismissed it as an attempt to tarnish the image of its leader. Cheeli Singaiah (65) died after a vehicle in Jagan Mohan Reddy's convoy hit him on the National Highway at Etukuru village in Guntur district. The former chief minister was organising a rally from Tadepalli in Guntur district to Sattenapalli in Palnadu district to console party functionary Korlakunta Nagamalleswara Rao, who died by suicide due to alleged harassment by police and TDP leaders. According to police, Cheeli Singaiah had come to participate in the rally. Guntur District Superintendent of Police S. Satish Kumar had confirmed the same day that Singaiah was hit by a vehicle in Jagan's convoy. The SP stated that after the accident, the convoy moved without stopping there and taking care of the victim. The police on the patrolling duty at that time found the victim and shifted him to a hospital, but the doctors declared him as brought dead. The police registered a case and took up an investigation. After the video surfaced showing the victim being allegedly hit by Jagan's car, state Minister Gottipati Ravi Kumar said that the YSRCP leader was throwing people's lives to the wind for his publicity stunt. Meanwhile, the YSR Congress Party has dismissed the video as 'fabricated' and an attempt to tarnish the image of Jagan Mohan Reddy. YSRCP leader and former Minister Ambati Rambabu said on Sunday that the death of a person during YS Jagan's Palnadu tour has been blown out of proportion. 'Just after the incident, TDP and its friends started a media trial aimed at spreading lies against YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and went in circles to tell that it was his car that had hit the person, Singamayya, resulting in his death. The SP himself confirmed that it was not Jagan's vehicle but the one that accompanied the convoy that caused the mishap,' Rambabu told media persons. The former minister stated that Jagan is such a person that he would ensure that the injured person is admitted to the hospital before resuming the tour. 'TDP-friendly media has been busy doling out false stories to dilute the success of our leader's tour,' he said. Rambabu, who has been booked for violating conditions laid down by police for Jagan's visit, alleged that the coalition government is misusing police to settle political scores and indiscriminately file false cases violating all norms only to please their political bosses and resorting to intimidation besides working with the sole intention of trying to scuttle Jagan Mohan Reddy's public contact programmes. The former minister said such acts will only strengthen our resolve to fight against the government and warned TDP leadership that they would not lose heart but will fight back the repression and the attempts at character assassination of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy would result in a groundswell of support from the public.
The Hindu
05-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
YSRCP alleges ₹11,000 crore scam in PPA with Axis Energy
YSRCP leader Gudivada Amarnath has alleged the coalition NDA government in the State has indulged in ₹11,000 crore scam by signing a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with a private solar energy company for procuring power at ₹4.60 per unit. Addressing the media here on Monday, Mr. Amarnath said the government had forgotten its pre-election promise of not increasing the tariffs, but entered into a PPA for procuring power at ₹2.11 a unit more than the price at which it had been bought by the YSRCP government. He wondered why the TDP-friendly media, which had put out stories alleging that the YSRCP had indulged in corruption to the tune of ₹1 lakh crore through the PPA, was now silent on the issue. The YSRCP government had made the PPA with SECI, a public sector enterprise. At ₹2.49 a unit, the PPA was the lowest in the country, he claimed. But the TDP and its friendly media had raised a hue and cry that the YSRCP government indulged in massive corruption. He said the PPA made by the TDP government during 2014-19 to procure power at ₹6.90 a unit was much higher. Mr. Amarnath alleged that the agreement made by the TDP government with Axis Energy to procure 400 MW a year for the next 25 years would cause an additional burden of ₹210 crore on the exchequer. He said the people would have to bear the burden for the next 25 years. He also alleged that the AP Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) was forced to clear the agreement by taking advantage of the loopholes in law by bringing Section 108 into force. He said the YSRCP would launch agitations to create awareness among the public in this regard. Referring to the wall collapse at the Simhachalam temple, he said the contractor had clearly said he was forced to construct the wall in a hurry. This indicated the level of corruption in the government, he said.
