The YSR Congress Occasion Friday accused Andhra Pradesh’s ruling Telugu Desam Occasion of encouraging on-line abuse of girls after TDP activist and YouTuber Chebrolu Kiran was arrested for allegedly making offensive remarks in opposition to Y S Bharati, the spouse of former CM and YSRCP chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy.
YSRCP leaders stated the TDP and its ally Jana Sena Occasion’s social media models have been doing the identical factor they accused the YSRCP of earlier than the Could 2024 elections – abusing and harassing girls on-line.
Kiran was arrested by a group of Mangalagiri Rural Police, which tracked him to Ibrahimpatnam close to Vijayawada on Thursday night and took him into custody. He was produced within the Mangalagiri courtroom on Friday afternoon and despatched to judicial custody.
Outrage over Kiran’s remarks had unfold this previous week, prompting the TDP management to droop him from the get together. TDP common secretary and minister Nara Lokesh Naidu, the son of Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, additionally requested TDP leaders to file a police grievance in opposition to him.
“We strongly condemn the coordinated on-line abuse of girls by anti-social components related to the TDP and Jana Sena. The remarks in opposition to Y S Bharati are sickening,” stated YSRCP spokesperson Syamala Reddy.
Former minister Ambati Rambabu alleged, “Why was Kiran not arrested previously when he made inappropriate remarks in opposition to YSRCP leaders over a protracted interval? We lodged quite a few complaints in opposition to him. The shortage of motion is because of the backing Kiran acquired from Nara Lokesh. To avoid wasting face after Kiran abused Y S Bharati, they lastly arrested him, however nothing goes to occur to him. TDP falsely claimed earlier than the elections that YSRCP was abusing girls. They’re doing it now.”
Hours earlier than he was arrested, Kiran issued an apology, saying he made the feedback in a match of anger however with out malice. “I search forgiveness if my phrases harm anybody,” he stated. However the TDP nonetheless went forward and lodged the police grievance.
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Syamala Reddy termed Kiran’s arrest a staged drama and stated the TDP has nurtured anti-social components. She in contrast them to jackals concentrating on girls with degrading content material on-line.
TDP’s Guntur workplace in-charge A Narendra, nonetheless, identified that it was their workplace bearers who lodged the police grievance.
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