YSRCP chief and former Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy has accused the ruling TDP-led coalition government of turning the state into a “police state” by systematically weaponizing the police and administration to suppress opposition voices and intimidate the public.
In a post on X, Jagan lamented that Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has been orchestrating a calculated campaign of repression to stifle dissent and obscure governance failures under the guise of law and order.
He deplored that the state is experiencing a deliberate dismantling of democratic principles—where questioning authority has become a punishable act, and protesting for basic rights invites legal harassment.
Referring to his recent five specific visits, he accused that peaceful political engagement or public outreach by the YSRCP was met with heavy-handed police action. He went on to say that Chandrababu Naidu’s regime is not merely mismanaging governance but actively dismantling democratic rights.
He accused the TDP of engaging in “media manipulation,” using “fabricated cases” to arrest critics, and suppressing the only opposition party willing to confront public issues head-on. “This is no longer governance; it’s autocracy in disguise,” Jagan said, accusing Naidu of clinging to power by “silencing the voiceless” and “eroding the democratic fabric of Andhra Pradesh.”
Jagan expressed his grief that when he went to visit tobacco farmers in Guntur Mirchiyard, three cases were filed and 15 people were arrested, and when he went to visit the family of Nagamalleshwara Rao, who committed suicide, in Palnadu, he was harassed by the police and 131 people were issued notices in 5 cases.
He also recalled that a young man who displayed a movie poster was put in jail, and when he went to visit mango farmers in Bangarupalyam, he was illegally recruiting YSRCP cadres as he pleased. He criticized the coalition government, saying that it is trying to intimidate and suppress the opposition, and that it is not right to use the police system for this purpose.
As the political atmosphere in the state continues to intensify, the allegations made by Jagan paint a deeply troubling picture—one where dissent is crushed not with debate, but with detention.