Petty politics at work in Andhra Pradesh

Values in politics are touching a new low day by day. A glaring example for this surfaced when former minister was arrested for his alleged involvement in multi-crore rupees scam in ESI hospitals across the the state. Former Chief minister of United AP and residual AP N Chandra Babu Naidu termed the arrest of Achannaidu a blot against BCs and asked the party cadres revolt against it.

Even his party seniors also had taken the same line and participated in live panel discussions. In fact the scam in ESI hospitals rocked both AP and TS and several employees were arrested in TS. However after thorough enquiry by ACB in AP six persons who were said to be kingpins including ex minister were arrested on Friday. The opposition in AP is really provoking the government by claiming, it could not prove even a single allegation against it and raising hue and cry when government has started to take action.

The strategy of the opposition is really confusing the public as it is even supporting the misdeeds of its cadres when they resorted to BS 3 vehicles getting registered as BS 4 vehicles. Moreover it is playing caste card in Amaravati capital region and BC and Dalit politics cards in other areas.

We must know that we are living in a democratic country where judiciary is powerful and even government used its brute majority to harass the people in opposition They can come out from the cases if they had not involved themselves in scandals. Meanwhile the ruling and opposition must maintain restraint and let the law takes its own course.

Pratapa Reddy Yaramala, Tiruvuru

The hue and cry over the arrest of the former minister and the TDP legislator K Atchannaidu is uncalled for(ACB arrests TDP MLA in ESI Scam - June 13, 2020). Attributing motives and playing victim card in the guise of caste are the clever tricks of scoring political brownie points. The elephant in the room is the large scale corruption in the procurement of medicines meant for the poor.

As the then in charge of the Ministry, Naidu is answerable for the alleged violations of guidelines in awarding contracts. He must stand the scrutiny of law boldly without demoralizing law enforcing agencies probing the scam. No one is above the law and the guilty must be punished. Ignorance of law is not an excuse to escape the punishment. The TDP should refrain from politicising the issue as it sidesteps the investigation and real culprits go scotfree.

D Manohara Rao