YSR Congress took objection to Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s attempt to strike a compromise deal between the victim woman-MRO and the MLA, who attacked her instead of allowing the case to reach its logical conclusion. Party MLA R K Roja and former minister K Parthasarathi demanded that the MLA be arrested first.
“We demand that the concerned MLA (Chintamaneni Prabhakar) should be arrested immediately iquiry expedited.. The Chief Minister’s calling the perpetrator of the crime and the victim to his residence and working out a compromise sends a wrong signal. This is a blot on the women empowerment of which TDP talks tall,” they told media in separate press conferences.
Showing the videos of the Chandrababu Naidu giving assurance to the women during electioneering about their safety, the YSRCP has questioned his veracity in trying to sweep the issue under the carpet as the MRO Vanajakshi seems to be under pressure from the high office after the meeting
“Incidents such as how Boyapati Sudha Rani was humbled when she raised her voice against the land acquisition, the transfer of Intelligence DG Anuradha after the cash for vote scam broke out, the rude manner in which police behaved with the fledgling MLA Akhila Priya and now the attack on a woman MRO who has magisterial powers indicative of the attitude of ruling party towards women,” they said.
While the case was dragged to the compromise table, the YSRC P MLA Bhuma Nagi Reddy was arrested on the spot and false cases were foisted on him. The state had been using the SC, ST case to its advantage and to harass the political adversaries, they said.
“What Chief Minster has done is sending wrong signals and this is not a good practice in a parliamentary democracy. It is obvious that pressure was mounted on the concerned official instead of taking action against the MLA Ch Prabhakar,” they said and demanded immediate action against the erring MLA.
