Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy has blamed Telugu Desam Party leader Chandrababu Naidu for the demise of 8 humans at a roadshow organised through his celebration at Kandukur in Nellore district of the country on Wednesday. He stated Chandrababu Naidu’s “exposure mania” triggered the tragedy, and demanded a right away and public apology from him.
Chandrababu Naidu had expressed grief over the demise of his celebration workers. “This is a unhappy incident. I’m feeling very sorry approximately it,” he stated. TDP has additionally introduced that it’s going to pay ₹ 24 lakh every to the households of the 8 who died withinside the stampede. However, Jagan Reddy remained unconvinced, and released an all out assault on Mr Naidu.
“Babu killed 8 humans for his political benefits, it’s so heinous and shameful. For the sake of a picturegraph shoot, for a drone shot, despite the fact that there have been few humans, they driven humans right into a slim lane so as to reveal large numbers. They used their car like a barricade and killed 8 humans… will there be something worse than this?” he stated at a public assembly in Narsipatnam.
Mr Reddy stated the TDP leader, who’s additionally a former Chief Minister of the country, has completed this earlier than as well. “During Godavari Pushkaralu in 2015, he have become the motive for the demise of 29 humans. This isn’t new for him. He handiest cares approximately his exposure,” Jagan Reddy stated. The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister then bitterly criticised him for “deception” and “stabbing humans withinside the back”.
He additionally slammed Mr Naidu for getting rid of some other roadshow in Kavali town “with none repentance”, only a day after the deaths. “Instead of taking ethical obligation for the demise of eight innocents, the TDP leader as an alternative pinned the blame on the general public,” Mr Reddy stated, including that Chandrababu Naidu “lectured humans to be self-disciplined at the same time as journeying public rallies”.
The Chief Minister additionally expressed outrage at Mr Naidu bringing up the castes of people who died, “for petty political gains”. Politics isn’t shooting, or dialogues, or drone shots, or drama. Politics manner what alternate we’re capable of deliver withinside the households of farmers and socially marginalised groups, he stated.
“To remodel governance, to convert our healthcare system, and attain the humans, is politics,” he added. The police have registered a case in connection to the stampede incident, announcing the general public assembly had created a whole lot of ‘deviations’, which obstructed the police and caused such an incident.
“The heavy speakers, large hoardings and the motormotorcycle rallies created a whole lot of deviations and performed a first-rate function in obstructing the police. This caused the incident. The Kandukuru Town Police have registered a case below segment 174 of the CRPC,” they stated.
“The incident passed off in Sivalayam avenue of Kandukuru town. The rally changed into given permission withinside the essential streets, however it moved into the tiny roads as well. A DSP rank officer may be appointed to analyze the case,” Vijaya Rao, Nellore Superintendent of Police, stated.