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Why were cases against TDP leaders dropped?

Why were cases against TDP leaders dropped?

YSR Congress party on Monday challenged the Telugu Desam Party government’s decision to withdraw criminal cases against its Ministers, MLAs and MLCs.

A petition to this effect was filed by YSR Congress party MLA from Mangalagiri Alla Ramakrishna Reddy in the Hyderabad High Court. Reddy contended that withdrawal of cases through a government order was against the law and Constitutional norms.

He pointed out that th4e government had lifted various criminal cases and prosecution against 278 TDP leaders, including the AP Assembly Speaker Kodela Siva Prasada Rao, Ministers — K. Atchen Naidu, Ganta Srinivasa Rao and several TDP bigwigs.

Ramakrishna Reddy appealed to the Court to cancel the GO issued by the state government. The Court would hear the petition on August 8.

Some cases pertained to Samaikya Andhra movement, the TDP government also ordered withdrawing serious cases involving election offences and other illegal activities against the TDP leaders.

Besides Atchannaidu and Ganta, Deputy Chief Ministers KE Krishnamurthy and N. Chinarajappa, Speaker Kodela Siva Prasada Rao, Ministers Devineni Umamaheswara Rao, Kollu Ravindra, Nakka Anandababu, MLA Nandamuri Balakrishna, TV Rama Rao, Gollapalli Suryarao, Datla Subba Raju, Dasari Balavardhan Rao, Chintamaneni Prabhakar, A Anandarao, M Ashok Reddy, MLC Karanam Balaram Krishna Murthy were among several others who were facing criminal charges that were withdrawn by the Home Department.

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