Tadepalli, July 19 -- The YSR Congress Party has condemned the arrest of Lok Sabha Member of Parliament and Party floor leader PV Midhun Reddy, characterising it as a blatant example of political vendetta orchestrated by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu.

In a press statement, former ministers Botsa Satyanarayana, Perni Venkatramaiah (Nani), Ambati Rambabu, Merugu Nagarjuna, and party general secretary G. Srikanth Reddy expressed serious concerns over the misuse of power to target opposition leaders.

The statement said that the arrest made after a full day of interrogation in the so-called liquor scam case demonstrates how far CM Chandrababu is willing to go to suppress dissent. The leaders noted that such actions will not...