Andhra Pradesh fit case to invoke Article 356, says Yanamala Ramakrishnudu

“The entire police machinery has been systematically debilitated and since the government itself is resorting to a Constitutional breakdown, there is no other option but to invoke Article 356,” he said.

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) polit bureau member Yanamala Ramakrishnudu on Wednesday said there was a total breakdown of law and order in the State and that Andhra Pradesh was a fit case for Centre’s intervention to invoke Article 356 and impose President’s rule.

In a statement, the former Finance Minister slammed what he called “jungle raj” of the YCP government and said the “goons who went on the rampage, on Tuesday have the tacit support of the government and the Police Department.”

He said by attacking the main office of the Opposition TDP, the government is trying to send out an open threat demonstrating what would become of people who tried to question its failures. “This is an unprecedented crisis. The entire police machinery has been systematically debilitated and since the government itself is resorting to a Constitutional breakdown, there is no other option but to invoke Article 356,” he said.