*YSRCP condemns lathi-charge on gram secretariat staff*

Tadepalli, YSRCP has condemned the lathi-charge on the village and ward secretariat employees who were protesting for their just demands.

Speaking to media here on Sunday, Party MLC Lella Appi Reddy said, the coalition government has gone back on its poll promises and has been using police against the protesting employees.

They were fighting for their just demands and the police had shown high-handedness in preventing the leaders and active participants of the village and ward secretariat and behaved in a harsh manner at the Dharna Chowk where they were protesting.

Many leaders were prevented from coming to the venue and those who made it to the venue were beaten up by the police. At least 141 persons were detained and the government is not prepared to even negotiate with them. While Chief Minister and his son are away not a single minister takes the responsibility to sort out their problem and leave them at the mercy law enforcing authorities.

They were protesting seeking the promotions and increments which were just demands as Chandrababu has promised to double their pay on assuming office but he failed to keep up the promise.

The coalition has been sponsoring protests as it happened at the SAAP office when it suits the political interests and when there was a real protest seeking the just demands they were roughed up and such actions in a democracy would not go well, he said.