With just a few days left for the announcement of election schedule for Andhra Pradesh assembly polls and the commencement of the election process, Telugu Desam Party president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is worried about an important issue that plays an important in his election.
Naidu doesn’t know how many cases the YSR Congress party government has filed against him in the last five years.
He has to mention the case details and criminal record in the election affidavit to be submitted to the Election Commission of India along with his nomination papers.
On Tuesday, Naidu wrote to Director General of Police K V Rajendranath Reddy, seeking details of various cases foisted against him with various police stations in the State.
In the letter, a copy of which was sent to the Superintendents of Police (SPs) of almost all the districts, the Chief Election Commissioner, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) and the DGPs of Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Crime Investigation Department (CID), Naidu mentioned that the poll panel made it mandatory for every contesting candidate to produce the details of the criminal antecedents and thus he needs the details of all the cases foisted against him with various police stations in the State.
"Several cases have been foisted against me with various police stations and by different agencies in the State for fighting against the anti-people policies of the incumbent Government and to protect or uphold the rights of the people," Naidu said in the letter.
Observing that in many cases he has not been provided information by the agencies or the authorities concerned, the TDP chief made an appeal to the DGP to provide list of the cases filed against him since January, 2019 by various agencies while discharging his functions as MLA, former chief minister and Leader of the Opposition. This, he said will enable him to file his nomination in the upcoming elections in the prescribed format.
Since the election notification is expected anytime from now, Naidu requested for early action in the matter. Seeking information from each of the agencies is impractical for any person, he said that he is seeking consolidated and authentic information from the DGP, who is the controlling authority.
“Any delay or denial of the information is against the principles of natural justice,” Naidu noted in his letter.
