Home Minister Anitha seeks apology from Jagan over alleged misbehaviour with woman SI
Andhra Pradesh Home Minister V. Anitha on Thursday (July 30, 2026) demanded that YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) president and former Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan
Andhra Pradesh Home Minister V. Anitha on Thursday (July 30, 2026) demanded that YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) president and former Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy apologise for his party leaders’ alleged misbehaviour with a woman Sub-Inspector during his visit to the District Jail at Ampolu in Srikakulam, and said strict action would be taken against those responsible. “The manner in which the woman Sub-Inspector was treated while she was discharging her official duties is condemnable,” she said. On Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s visit to former Minister Seediri Appalaraju, who is lodged in the jail, she said there are prescribed prison rules and meeting timings that every visitor must follow. “If Mr. Jagan genuinely wanted to meet Mr. Appalaraju, he should have visited the jail during the authorised mulakat hours. Permission was given between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Why did he arrive at the jail only after 5 p.m.? What does that indicate?” she asked.
Anitha alleged that he deliberately prolonged the journey of nearly 120 km from Visakhapatnam airport to Srikakulam to stage a political show of strength, and to divert attention from the inauguration of the Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport at Bhogapuram. He had no real intention of meeting the former Minister, she alleged. Police personnel manhandled TDP MLAs Gondu Shankar and Gowthu Sireesha accused YSRCP leaders of misbehaving with police personnel during the jail visit, and demanded action. They alleged that Circle Inspector Sanyasi Naidu, Sub-Inspector Pravallika and constable Simhachalam were manhandled by YSRCP cadre. Mr. Simhachalam fainted and was admitted to RIMS, they said. Addressing the media in Srikakulam, Mr. Shankar alleged that Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy was indulging in diversion politics as he was unable to digest the success of the NDA government. In Palasa, Ms. Gowthu Sireesha said Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy should have consoled the family of the victim of the road accident in which Mr. Appalaraju’s son was allegedly involved.
Restrictions on tours The YSRCP, meanwhile, alleged that the coalition government was imposing stringent restrictions on the tours of Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy, claiming that the ruling alliance was “concerned about his increasing popularity among the public”. Addressing the media, YSRCP spokespersons Putha Siva Shankar, Are Shyamala and Mancha Nagamalliswari accused the government of using police restrictions, advance notices and house arrests to prevent party leaders and workers from taking part in his programmes. They alleged that the authorities had limited his convoy to eight vehicles and issued notices to YSRCP leaders ahead of the visit. They claimed Mr. Appalaraju had been arrested in a fabricated case, after “an ordinary road accident was portrayed as an attempted murder”. The leaders said it was surprising that the government was apprehensive about a former Chief Minister travelling across the State and interacting with the public, and pointed out that when Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu was the Leader of the Opposition, the previous YSRCP government had allowed him to travel freely despite political differences.
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