TDP govt surviving on propaganda, diversion and drama

Tadepalli, Dec 27: Former Minister Kurasala Kannababu said the TDP-led coalition government is surviving not on governance but on propaganda, diversionary tactics and political drama, as it is unable to face the rising public support for YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. He said Chandrababu Naidu has lost political balance after witnessing the strong response to YS Jagan’s birthday celebrations and is now resorting to desperate attempts to shift public attention.

Kannababu stated that people across the state have strongly opposed the privatisation of medical colleges, and instead of answering this anger, the government is trying to malign YSRCP by branding it with false labels. He said that at a time when a farmer who had given land for the capital died in distress, the government showed no compassion and chose to create new controversies to divert attention.

He criticised Home Minister Anitha for raising allegations about animal sacrifice, while remaining silent on similar incidents during Chandrababu Naidu’s birthday celebrations, where goats were allegedly slaughtered and even garlands made of severed heads were displayed on Balakrishna’s movie flexes. He questioned whether the Home Minister has the courage to raise the same questions against Chandrababu and Balakrishna.

Kannababu said cases are being booked against YSRCP workers even for putting up posters with the words “Rappa Rappa” and asked how such a dialogue was cleared by the Censor Board if it was supposedly objectionable. He alleged that intoxicated by power, the Home Minister is blind to ground realities, including the failure of the police system. He pointed out that in Kuppam, even after a woman lodged a complaint of sexual assault, the police failed to take action, exposing the collapse of law and order.

He further said the Home Minister has taken contradictory stands on the Bulk Drug Park issue before and after elections, exposing political opportunism. Questioning the government’s silence over the death of a distressed Amaravati farmer, Kannababu said a regime that survives on publicity and is backed by a compliant media cannot escape public anger for long. He alleged that the government is blatantly misusing the police machinery and running the state through diversion and drama rather than governance.