Strongly condemning the assassination of Araku MLA Kidari Sarveswara Rao and his close aide and former MLA Siveri Soma, Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday said such incidents were against the spirit of democracy and their actions were by no means justifiable.
The Maoists could differ on issues but they absolutely had no right to eliminate people’s representatives.
Asking what the Maoists achieved by killing the MLA and his follower, Mr. Naidu appealed to them not to endanger democracy by resorting to violence.
Moving a condolence motion in the Assembly on the two deaths, Mr. Naidu said it was unfortunate that the Maoists had suspected the MLA of encouraging bauxite mining in Visakhapatnam district even after the TDP government had not only cancelled the mining leases given to the NMDC Limited but also imposed a blanket ban on the extraction of the ore. He alleged that it was the Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy government which created the mess by allowing the mining against the wishes of the tribal folks.
The Maoists can differ on issues but they absolutely have no right to eliminate people’s representatives
N. Chandrababu Naidu
Chief Minister