NEW DELHI: Following a complaint by a Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader, the under-construction central party office of the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) in Tadepalli was demolished on Saturday. According to party sources, as quoted by PTI, the complaint alleged that the office was being built illegally on irrigation department land.
The TDP’s complaint, lodged with the commissioners of the capital region development authority (CRDA) and the Mangalagiri Tadepalli municipal corporation (MTMC), claimed that the opposition party office was being constructed on two acres of Irrigation Department land without proper authorization.
“Following this, the demolition of these illegal constructions of the YSRCP leaders has been launched under the supervision of the MTMC officials,” said a TDP release.
The ruling party asserted that former chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy had misused his power by allotting the disputed land, identified as survey number 202/A1 in Tadepalli, for the construction of the party office.
“Jagan Mohan Reddy has prepared a plan to occupy the neighboring 15 acres by building the party office on these two acres. It is now clarified that the Irrigation Department has not given the clearance to hand over these two acres to the YSRCP,” as mentioned in the TDP release.
Earlier in the day, YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy claimed that the Chandrababu Naidu-led NDA state government had demolished the under-construction central office of the opposition party in Tadepalli, Guntur district, disregarding high court orders.
“Chandrababu took vendetta politics to the next level. Like a dictator, he got YSRCP’s central office demolished with excavators and bulldozers, which was almost complete,” said Reddy in a post on ‘X’.
According to a YSRCP statement, the demolition commenced around 5:30 am on Saturday.
“The demolition proceeded even though the YSRCP had approached the High Court the previous day (Friday), challenging the preliminary actions of the CRDA,” the statement noted.
The YSRCP said that the court had ordered a halt to any demolition activity, which was communicated to the CRDA commissioner by a party lawyer, but the authority still went ahead and demolished the structure.
YSRCP argued that CRDA’s actions amounted to contempt of court.
The former chief minister alleged that law and justice have completely vanished in the southern state under the NDA government, comprising TDP, BJP, and Janasena. He added that the demolition indicates how Naidu’s reign in the next five years would be.
The TDP’s complaint, lodged with the commissioners of the capital region development authority (CRDA) and the Mangalagiri Tadepalli municipal corporation (MTMC), claimed that the opposition party office was being constructed on two acres of Irrigation Department land without proper authorization.
“Following this, the demolition of these illegal constructions of the YSRCP leaders has been launched under the supervision of the MTMC officials,” said a TDP release.
The ruling party asserted that former chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy had misused his power by allotting the disputed land, identified as survey number 202/A1 in Tadepalli, for the construction of the party office.
“Jagan Mohan Reddy has prepared a plan to occupy the neighboring 15 acres by building the party office on these two acres. It is now clarified that the Irrigation Department has not given the clearance to hand over these two acres to the YSRCP,” as mentioned in the TDP release.
Earlier in the day, YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy claimed that the Chandrababu Naidu-led NDA state government had demolished the under-construction central office of the opposition party in Tadepalli, Guntur district, disregarding high court orders.
“Chandrababu took vendetta politics to the next level. Like a dictator, he got YSRCP’s central office demolished with excavators and bulldozers, which was almost complete,” said Reddy in a post on ‘X’.
According to a YSRCP statement, the demolition commenced around 5:30 am on Saturday.
“The demolition proceeded even though the YSRCP had approached the High Court the previous day (Friday), challenging the preliminary actions of the CRDA,” the statement noted.
The YSRCP said that the court had ordered a halt to any demolition activity, which was communicated to the CRDA commissioner by a party lawyer, but the authority still went ahead and demolished the structure.
YSRCP argued that CRDA’s actions amounted to contempt of court.
The former chief minister alleged that law and justice have completely vanished in the southern state under the NDA government, comprising TDP, BJP, and Janasena. He added that the demolition indicates how Naidu’s reign in the next five years would be.