It looks like firebrand actress-cum-YSR Congress party MLA R K Roja has become the sole target for the ruling Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh, so much that she has been under attack not only from the party side, but also from the government side.
Even as the Telugu Desam Party legislators like Peethala Sujatha, Uppuleti Kalpana and Bonda Uma have launched a vitriolic attack on Roja for questioning chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu for not allowing to participate in the National Women’s Conference, the Naidu government forced the Andhra Pradesh police officers to step up the attack on her.
On Thursday, the AP Police Officers’ Association demanded a public apology from Roja for “hurting the sentiments of the police” by making unsavoury comments against them.
Reacting strongly to her comments that the police had acted like stooges of Naidu and that they had arrested her against the rules, the association said everything was done as per the law and constitution.
“We are not stooges of anyone. We are servants of people and protectors of law. If we feel there is a possibility of law and order breakdown, we shall act. That is what we have done when Roja came to Vijayawada,” the association said and demanded that Roja tender a public apology, lest she face the legal action.
