Stop shielding online abusers: YSRCP

Visakhapatnam, Nov 14: YSRCP leaders demanded immediate arrests and strict action against Jana Sena workers for obscene social-media comments targeting former Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and his family. District president K.K. Raju and state women’s wing president Varudu Kalyani submitted a memorandum to DCP Ramachandra Rao, accompanied by Devan Reddy, Molli Apparao, Pedada Ramani Kumari, Satish Reddy, Kola Guruvulu and corporators.

Raju said some police officers were serving ruling-party leaders instead of the public. Jagan had instructed YSRCP members not to comment on Pawan Kalyan’s personal affairs, but Jana Sena workers resorted to character assassination because they could not confront him politically. Citizens questioning Super Six implementation, secretariat employees seeking increments and rights, and students demanding fee arrears faced influencer-led smear campaigns, preventive-detention cases and rowdy sheets. Yet police ignored obscene attacks on Jagan’s family, he said.

Kalyani condemned the late-night X Space targeting Jagan, his mother, wife and sister. She said women outside politics, including Bharathi, were being targeted to divert attention from municipal-election irregularities, the CII summit’s failure to attract investments and broader governance failures. She questioned the silence of Chandrababu Naidu, Pawan Kalyan and Nara Lokesh, asking whether it signalled support for the abuse.

Kalyani said the recordings would be sent to Bhuvaneswari and Brahmani, asking them to question their husbands about such treatment of women. Recalling the leaders’ promises of tough action against harassment, she demanded Home Minister Anitha’s resignation, contrasting her inaction with the handcuffing of YSRCP workers over cake-cutting. She questioned the Women’s Commission’s silence despite its readiness to act against YSRCP, conveyed the intense anger among women and demanded immediate arrests and strict action without political protection.