*False cases to shield DSC scam: YSRCP*

Tadepalli, August 3: YSRCP SC Cell State President and former MLA T.J.R. Sudhakar Babu said the Chandrababu government was using false cases and diversionary politics to suppress public questions over irregularities in DSC-2025 and protect Education Minister Nara Lokesh. He said Alur MLA Virupakshi, an elected leader from the weaker sections, was arrested like a terrorist in a midnight police raid after he went to protect a YSRCP worker attacked by TDP cadres. A viral video showed TDP worker Nagaraju tearing his wife’s nightdress in the presence of police to frame the MLA, while ministers shamelessly defended the staged narrative. He demanded an explanation for the removal of CCTV hard disks from Virupakshi’s residence and sought an immediate judicial inquiry into the raid.

Sudhakar Babu said the government was simultaneously targeting BC, SC and minority leaders across Uttarandhra, Rayalaseema and central Andhra. He cited the torture and death of Mala Gangamma, the burial of her body under police guard without a post-mortem, the kidnapping case filed against former MLA Mustafa for seeking repayment of his money, and the refusal to register even an FIR on a complaint against Deputy Speaker Raghurama Krishnam Raju.

He said the government arrested former Minister Seediri Appalaraju and booked innocent persons in the Amadalavalasa case, including advocate Daneti Ramamohana Rao, who was in court, and Tejeswara Rao, who was in Punjab. He also questioned the failure to act against MLA Koona Ravikumar despite Dalit employee Soumya’s complaint.

Sudhakar Babu demanded Lokesh’s immediate resignation, an independent inquiry into Gangamma’s death and action against officials filing false cases. He said YSRCP had preserved their details and would hold every responsible officer accountable when it returned to power. No arrests, broken doors or police attacks would stop the party from standing with victims, he said, asserting that Y.S. Jagan would become Chief Minister again in two years.