Time ripe for the imposition of President's rule in Andhra Pradesh: Chandrababu Naidu
The Hindu
He called the attacks on his party offices ‘State-sponsored terrorism’
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president and former chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on October 21 began his 36-hour protest demonstration against the , calling them acts of 'State-sponsored terrorism' and demanding Central government's intervention in the matter to restore peace.
Addressing party cadres on the occasion at TDP headquarters near Mangalagiri, which was ransacked by a mob on October 19, Mr. Naidu said the attacks were a fallout of the criticism of the government's failure in curbing the smuggling of drugs, and its negligence in probing the links to the recent massive haul of heroin at the Mundra port.
He said Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy was himself impatient over the growing public resentment against his government's ineptitude in , its retrograde policies and the attacks on democratic institutions and constitutional authorities.