The Lok Satta Party on Monday condemned the statement of Sangareddy MLA Toorpu Jayaprakash Reddy in which he had threatened to prevent Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) President K Chandrasekhara Rao from entering his constituency, and welcomed his arrest.
The LSP said in a statement, "Holding out threats and fomenting hatred and violence did not befit a member of the Legislative Assembly who had taken an oath to abide by the constitution."
Party leaders Katari Srinivasa Rao and Bandaru Ramamohan Rao pointed out that successive governments had been resorting to programs like Rachabanda to pose as great benefactors instead of empowering people through strengthening elected local governments.
Yet, the party would like people to utilize the program to pin down officials and elected representatives, and register their protests.
Even as people were entitled to agitate for a legitimate cause in a peaceful and constitutional way, they should not incite others to hatred or violence, or deploy indecent language against their rivals, the Lok Satta leaders added.