When there was an attempt on the life of YSR Congress party president and leader of opposition Y S Jaganmohan Reddy at Visakhapatnam airport on October 25, Telugu Desam Party president and chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu sought to wash off his hands saying his government had nothing to do with the attack as the incident took place in the airport which is under the security control of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
Yet, his police took up the investigation on a complaint from the CISF and within hours, the Director General of Police R P Thakur tried to project it as a stage-managed show and a non-serious incident.
Naidu went to the extent of saying that he did not mind if any Central agency conducted a probe into the incident, if YSRC leaders were not satisfied with the police probe.
Now, when the state high court ordered that the investigation be handed over to the NIA and the Ministry of Home Affairs did the same, Naidu is crying foul.
He says the Centre is trying to interfere into rights of the state, as law and order is a state subject.
If that is the case, one wonders why Naidu sought to throw the blame on to the CISF and whether it was not the failure of the law and order machinery.
Ironically, state finance minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu says handing over the case relating to attack on Jagan to NIA is a part of conspiracy by Jagan and the Central government.
“It is nothing but defaming the state government using Jagan as proxy,” he said.
If there is no conspiracy behind the knife attack on Jagan, there is nothing for Naidu to be worried so much. The NIA cannot unearth anything new.
The fact that Naidu is opposing the probe itself shows there is something serious in the case. His statements will only show that Naidu is feeling insecure!
