Chandrababu Stops Padayatra

Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrabau Naidu has reportedly put a stop to his padayatra for now, and is said to be rushing to Hyderabad to review the situation with regard to the twin blasts that occurred in Dilsukhnagar yesterday.

Condemning the twin blasts at Dilsukhnagar, Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrabau Naidu blamed the state government for its failure to take precautions despite receiving an alert from the Centre.

Talking to reporters after visiting the blast site here on Friday, Naidu described the terror attack as an unfortunate and highly condemnable incident. Citing the example of the US government, he said that the state government should have issued a caution notice to the people in view of the alert issued by the Union Home Ministry. Stating that the Central and state intelligence agencies have failed to prevent the blast, he said that it was the government's responsibility to protect people's lives.

Naidu said that the government should have learned its lessons from blasts at Mecca Masjid, Lumbini Park and Gokul Chat to make public places more secure.

He accused the government of taking a superficial approach to public security. Demanding stern action against those responsible for the incident, he said that the government should increase the ex-gratia amount for the families of deceased to Rs. 10 lakh each. He claimed that the TDP government had kept a proper check on the terror-related activities in the state. (INN)