- Open threats by ruling party leaders across the state
- Chandrababu government targeting the industrial sector
- Coalition leaders behaving like extortionists, exploiting industries
- Objective reduced to looting at every opportunity
- Atrocities by Adinarayana Reddy on UltraTech
- Previous “fly ash” disputes resurface
- JC Prabhakar Reddy’s aggressive actions in Anantapur
- CM Ramesh’s intimidation in Kadapa
- Same pattern across Guntur, Anantapur, Kadapa, Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam
- Industries and industrialists living in fear under “Red Book” rule
- Credit theft on one side, threats to existing industries on the other
- YSRCP condemns the vindictive political approach
The industrial sector in Andhra Pradesh is facing sustained harassment under the Chandrababu government. Industries are being threatened, and ruling coalition leaders are openly interfering, demanding commissions and bribes. While taking credit for industries established during the previous YSRCP government under Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, the current regime is simultaneously intimidating existing industries and forcing investors into distress.
In a recent incident, Jammalamadugu MLA Adinarayana Reddy escalated his actions against the UltraTech Cement plant in Chilamakuru. He obstructed cement production, blocked workers from entering, halted quarry operations, and disrupted transport movement by deploying his followers. Despite multiple attempts, the company management did not yield, prompting further escalation.
After meeting Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, Adinarayana Reddy intensified pressure on the company by raising allegations regarding local employment and environmental compliance. However, official inquiries confirmed that nearly 89% of employees were locals and pollution norms were being followed. Despite this, fresh disruptions were created, including filing cases against transporters supplying raw materials, indicating a systematic attempt to bring the company under political control.
Similar incidents are reported across the state. International cement company Vicat’s director Balaji Govindappa was implicated in a false liquor case. Industrialist Sajjan Jindal faced harassment, leading to relocation of investments to Maharashtra. Conflicts over fly ash supply between political factions escalated to the Chief Minister’s level. At the Adani hydro project near Gandikota, demands were made to allocate contracts to specific groups, accompanied by acts of vandalism.
At Kakinada Port and SEZ, pressure tactics were used through fabricated complaints against Aurobindo Pharma. In Nellore, a TDP MLA attacked port security officials. In Palnadu, a cement factory faced violent attacks and extortion demands per cement bag. In Srikakulam, a BJP MLA allegedly demanded monthly payments from a beer factory to allow operations. In multiple locations, businesses were forced to pay commissions or face operational disruption.
Across sectors—from ports to cement, from granite transport to infrastructure projects, a pattern has emerged where political interference, extortion demands, and intimidation tactics are becoming systemic. Industries are either forced into compliance or pushed toward exit, while the government simultaneously blames the previous administration for industrial decline.
Overall, the prevailing situation reflects a climate of fear among industrialists, where governance is overshadowed by coercion, and economic activity is increasingly dictated by political pressure rather than policy.
