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Where Is Your Intelligence, Mr Naidu?

Where Is Your Intelligence, Mr Naidu?

The violent incidents like burning of train at Tuni during the Kapu garjana rally the other day glaringly exposed the failure of the intelligence department of the Andhra Pradesh government.

In fact, the blame should go to intelligence chief A B Venkateshwar Rao, who was cherry-picked by none other than Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu.

When the cash-for-vote scandal broke out in Hyderabad exposing the involvement of Telangana TDP leader A Revanth Reddy, Naidu expressed anger at then intelligence chief Anuradha for failing to keep a tab on telephone tapping done by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi government.

Naidu sacked her and shifted her to another post. He then replaced her with Venkateshwara Rao, who was then Vijaywada police commissioner.

However, there were several incidents that brought disgrace to the Naidu government after Venkateshwar Rao took charge.

Apparently, the new intelligence boss failed to prevent the killing of Chittoor Mayor Anuradha and her husband, despite having written complaints from the couple about the threat to their lives. He also failed to judge the unrest among farmers in the Amaravati capital area.

Now, during the ongoing Kapu agitation, there were enough intelligence inputs on the intensity of the agitation. Yet, Rao did not alert the government about the possibility of violence and assess why the agitators had chosen Tuni for their meeting and their plans to block the trains and highways.

Had the intelligence given enough indications, the present violence would not have taken place, say experts.

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