Vijayawada, Sept. 19 -- YSR Congress Party President and former Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy strongly condemned the coalition government's "brutal suppression" of peaceful protests held across Andhra Pradesh against the privatization of government medical colleges.
Taking to social media 'X', Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy questioned Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu's intent in unleashing lathi charges, arrests, house detentions, and police excesses on students, youth, and YSRCP cadres who were voicing the concerns of the people under the leadership of the party's Youth and Student wings.
He demanded to know whether democracy still exists in the state when constitutionally guaranteed rights to dissent are being trampled upon.
"Why is the...