State Against YSRCP Members: Mysoora Reddy

"The Congress government has been misusing official machinery by foisting false cases against sympathizers of YSRCP in the panchayat elections," senior leader Dr M V Mysoora Reddy has said.

?The apex court's verdict has been misinterpreted and the police have been arresting adversaries of Congress and have been remanding them to judicial custody.

"They have been threatening YSRCP supporters and the government is misusing the official machinery on a large scale,? Mysoora Reddy told reporters on Sunday.

The Supreme Court verdict, which bars jailed politicians from contesting or voting in elections, has far reaching consequences (most of all for the YSRCP, as the party's head himself has been languishing in jail for more than a year, and is faced with several criminal charges)

Mysoora Reddy has demanded that the verdict should be reviewed, discussed, debated and a foolproof legislation should be brought in as all political parties are opposing criminalization of politics.

He also went on to say that there is every possibility that the government in power can misuse the apex court verdict given in good faith.

?In the panchayat elections, the state has unleashed the police force and this is playing havoc with innocent people who belong to other parties. Following the Supreme Court's verdict, even an inspector can book a case, and send the prospective sarpanch to remand, thereby making him ineligible to contest or vote in the election.

"We demand that the police should shun from such highhanded behaviour, and that such blatant misuse of the state machinery should be stopped," he said. (INN)