State-sponsored terrorism: YS Jagan Mohan Reddy

Hyderabad: YSRC president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday petitioned Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan to dismiss the TD government in the larger public interest as there was no law and order in the state. “What we are seeing in AP is state sponsored terrorism,” he said. Mr Reddy said the situation had reached such an alarming position that it genuinely warranted imposition of President‘s Rule under Article 356 of the Constitution as there was perceptible breakdown of Constitutional machinery.

Along with party leaders, Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy  called on the Governor at Raj Bhavan and submitted a memorandum and requested that the CBI be called in to inquire into Sunday’s murder of YSRC leader Ch Narayana Reddy and his follower Sambasivudu. “We have absolutely no faith in the investigation by the state agencies,” he said. Speaking to the media later, said the TD’s “murder politics” was intended to strike terror in the minds of the Opposition cadres and leaders.

Sunday’s murders were “a conspiracy precisely planned by Chandrababu Naidu and perfectly executed by Krishnamurthy,” he claimed. He alleged that Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Deputy Chief Minister K.E. Krishnamurthy were behind the murder of Narayana Reddy. He said Narayana Reddy had requested the police for security as he apprehended a threat to his life. He said Narayana Reddy exposing illegal sand mining by TD leaders, particularly the family members of Mr Krishnamurthy.

He alleged that Mr Naidu was buying MLAs from the YSRC and luring and threatening the leaders as the TD was fast losing ground across AP. He said TD leaders enjoyed absolute immunity from the law even if assaulted senior officers in the presence of the media.