The YSR Congress President also flayed the TDP government for portraying a social demand as a law and order problem to divert attention from the real issue.
YSR Congress Party President Y S Jaganmohan Reddy today demanded a CBI inquiry into the Tuni violence to identify the real culprits behind the incidents.
Addressing the media, he said that Kapu leader Mudragada Padmanabham had only been demanding what TDP President Chandrababu Naidu had promised during the elections, and asked what was wrong in it. He flayed the TDP government for portraying a social demand as a law and order problem and diverting the attention of the people from the real issue.
He also alleged that Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu was trying to gag the media to prevent coverage of Mudragada's protest. He said that the pro-government media was asked by Naidu not to report the protest, and that the transmission was blocked for the neutral media including Sakshi TV.
If Naidu was really sincere, he should order a CBI probe into Tuni violence to bring out the truth, Jagan said.
He termed Thursday as a black day for India's democracy, and one that reminded him of the Emergency.
He also charged Naidu with ignoring almost all the promises made to the people and with deceiving the latter.
Senior YSR Congress leaders Botsa Satyanarayana and Ambati Rambabu were also present at the press meet.
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