Pawan, Naidu vow joint fight against Jagan govt

Hyderabad

Telugu Desam Celebration headed by former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Jana Sena Celebration led by common Tollywood actor Pawan Kalyan on Sunday vowed to launch a discussion board for defense of democracy to place up a joint combat in opposition to the alleged oppressive insurance policies of the Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy authorities within the state.

Pawan Kalyan got here to the residence of Naidu in Hyderabad within the afternoon and held discussions for almost two hours, amidst hypothesis over a doable alliance between the 2 events forward of the subsequent meeting elections in Andhra Pradesh scheduled early subsequent yr.

Talking to reporters later, Pawan Kalyan mentioned he had come to Naidu’s residence to specific solidarity with the latter within the wake of extreme restrictions imposed by the police throughout his three-day tour in Kuppam constituency in Chittoor district between January 4 and 6.

“The Jagan authorities has introduced within the controversial draconian order banning roadshows, public rallies and roadside conferences solely to curtail the opposition celebration leaders from reaching out to the individuals. Now we have mentioned the way to counter this anti-democratic perspective of the state authorities and determined to accentuate the agitation until the GO is withdrawn,” he mentioned.

Stating that safety of regulation and order and prevention of any untoward incidents in any public assembly was the duty of the police, the Jana Sena Celebration president criticised the ruling YSRCP for throwing the blame on the opposition celebration for the current stampedes at Kandukuru and Guntur.

“If the opposition events must care for regulation and order at their public rallies by wielding lathis, what’s the police division and the federal government for? The police themselves must be held answerable for the current stampede incidents,” Pawan Kalyan mentioned.

Stating that he and Naidu had mentioned varied different points on which they need to put up a joint combat in opposition to the federal government, the Jana Sena chief refused to elaborate on the doable alliance between the 2 events. “I’ve made it clear that I’ll make efforts to see that the anti-incumbency vote doesn’t break up,” he mentioned, including that he would give a becoming reply to all his critics at a public assembly on January 12.

Echoing Pawan Kalyan’s views, the TDP chief mentioned the primary goal of holding discussions with the Jana Sena chief was to place up a standard combat in opposition to the Jagan authorities. “Our main focus is on combating for a democratic house within the state. There may be nonetheless time for holding discussions on elections and alliances,” he mentioned.

Alleging that each one the techniques had collapsed and the state had plunged into darkness throughout the Jagan regime, Naidu thanked Pawan for extending solidarity with him on the current atrocities in Kuppam.

“The police imposed comparable restrictions on Pawan Kalyan throughout his go to to Visakhapatnam for a rally in October. The YSRCP believes in harmful and vengeance politics. That’s the reason, it had introduced in a darkish GO primarily based on a laws enacted throughout the British regime. The state authorities mobilised almost 3,000 police to forestall me from touring my very own Kuppam constituency,” the TDP chief mentioned.

He mentioned he would lodge a criticism with the Centre, if obligatory, on the atrocities being perpetrated by the YSRCP authorities in opposition to the opposition.

Reacting to the assembly of Pawan Kalyan with Naidu, the ruling YSRCP mentioned it had clearly established that the Jana Sena was nothing however a “Group B” of the TDP. “The masks is out. Pawan had gone to Naidu solely to debate the package deal he would get if there may be an alliance between the 2 events,” senior YSRCP chief Malladi Vishnu mentioned.

YSRCP spokesman and state irrigation minister Ambati Rambabu mentioned the assembly had proved the allegations that Pawan Kalyan was an “adopted son of Naidu.” “His goal is to not defend democracy, however the pursuits of the TDP,” he alleged.