Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy, a key YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) coordinator, has vehemently accused the Andhra Pradesh government of engaging in ‘vindictive politics’ following the arrest of former Minister Jogi Ramesh. Reddy asserted that Ramesh’s arrest was based on a completely fabricated case.
During a press conference held at the YSRCP headquarters in Tadepalli, Guntur district, on Monday, Mr. Ramakrishna Reddy criticized the government for operating with a ‘formula of arrest first, script later.’ He claimed that law enforcement was actively fabricating evidence, planting surveillance devices, coercing confessions, and jailing opposition figures without proper trials. According to Reddy, officers who resisted these actions were sidelined, while those who complied as ‘political agents’ were rewarded.
Reddy further charged that the state government was governing through a climate of fear, institutional abuse, and the strategic use of manufactured cases, rather than upholding fundamental democratic principles.
Shifting focus, Mr. Ramakrishna Reddy also brought up the discovery of an illegal liquor factory in Tamballapalle. He alleged that a Telugu Desam Party (TDP) candidate was involved, asserting that the true perpetrators were being allowed to evade justice while YSRCP leaders were being unjustly implicated.
He continued by claiming that over one lakh ‘belt shops’ (unlicensed liquor outlets) were operating without consequence, and counterfeit liquor factories were disguised as legitimate soda production units. Reddy highlighted that the government’s introduction of QR codes for liquor, which he viewed as an indirect admission of the widespread fake liquor problem, was ironic given its apparent inaction against these illegal operations. He concluded by calling this a ‘State-protected organized crime.’
Expressing deep concern for the future, Reddy stated, ‘If this is the state’s situation after two years, imagine the next three.’ He emphasized the ‘collective duty’ to expose and stop this ‘slide’ before it becomes irreversible, concluding with confidence that the truth would eventually emerge in cases like Jogi Ramesh’s.