Congress MLA Chiranjeevi experienced some tense moments on Tuesday, when activists of Left parties tried to disrupt his speech during the Rachabanda program held at Nehru Municipal School in Tirupati.
Activists of the CPI and the CPI (M) started raising slogans against the state government in protest against the improper supply of drinking water in the Tirupati constituency.
They alleged that since Chiranjeevi lives in Hyderabad, he has no idea about the problems being faced by the people in his constituency. They also criticised him for not visiting the constituency on a regular basis.
During the sloganeering, the police intervened and took the agitators into custody. They were shifted to a nearby police station, and released later.
Later, Chiranjeevi told the gathering that he was well aware of the problems being faced by the people of Tirupati. He promised that he would try to resolve the drinking water problem in the next 2 months. He said he would meet Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, seeking funds for the drinking water project in Tirupati.
Speaking about N Chandrababu Naidu, Chiranjeevi asked the Telugu Desam Party chief to introspect before levelling allegations against other leaders.
Hailing the Andhra Pradesh High Court's
order asking the CBI, SEBI and ED to conduct primary investigations into Naidu's alleged illegal assets, he advised Naidu to welcome the probe and cooperate with the investigating agencies. (INN)