Political comparisons are being made now between the present Jagan Regime and the previous Chandrababu Circar on how they reacted to excesses indulged in by their respective MLAs. The ruling YCP got its MLA Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy arrested for the attack on Venkatachalam MPDO Sarala. But no such action was taken against TDP MLA Chintamaneni Prabhakar for attacking a woman officer during Naidu regime during TDP Rule.
Just like Kotamreddy now, Chintamaneni was involved in many controversies and cases at that time. But the then TDP Government preferred to turn a blind eye to his excesses. YCP leaders say that this clearly shows the difference between the unbiased rule of Jagan and the partisan regime of Naidu. On their part, the TDP leaders say that Chintamaneni never crossed his limits like personally targetting government officials. Here, Kotamreddy is going to the residences of victims and subjecting them to terror in front of his followers.
Analysts say that the two incidents show how today’s politicians are becoming impatient and intolerable. The arrest of Kotamreddy is also a mere eyewash as he came out on bail in no time.
