Amaravati, Oct 19 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday accused YSRCP supremo YS Jagan Mohan Reddy of opposing the CEC because the poll body “doesn’t do what he says”.
Addressing a press conference at his residence in Undavalli, the chief minister said, “Earlier you (Jagan) supported the CEC (appointment procedure), but now since they (EC) do not do what you say, you oppose. Now you are saying Gen Z… Gen Z”.
Naidu’s remarks come a day after the former CM on Sunday regretted supporting the 2023 legislation to select the Chief Election Commissioner when his party was in power in the state.
The CM Naidu criticised Jagan’s recent comments that the arrest of CJP leaders will not solve anything and that “trust in the electoral process” must be restored. The CM said he didn’t understand the rationale behind Jagan’s approach.
Naidu claimed that people with emotions and aspirations are being misled and called it the “work of YSRCP”.
“They will encourage a person to commit a crime, then they will secure his release and then encourage them to do a bigger crime, and over a period of time they will be made into big criminals, that is their sign,” he alleged, alluding to YSRCP.
He called for “this culture to go away”, noting that it will become a problem when political parties patronise such a culture.
“You have seen me for 45 years; I do not allow any rowdy to approach me or sit. I have a character; I do values-based politics,” Naidu asserted.
(PTI News)
