Naidu seeks terror report

Hyderabad, Aug. 27: A day after he sought the resignation of Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, holding the Congress government responsible for Saturday’s bomb blasts, Telugu Desam supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu on Monday knocked the doors of Raj Bhavan, demanding that the Governor hold a review of the law and order situation in the State. A delegation of the Telugu Desam led by Mr Naidu called on Governor N.D. Tiwari with the demand that the latter take stock of the law and order situation and call for a report from the government on the blast.

The Telugu Desam supremo spent about half-an-hour with the Governor and later told waiting mediapersons that the Congress government had failed to maintain law and order in the last three years. “It’s high time that Dr Reddy steps down from the Chief Minister’s post. There have been several incidents of breach of law and order. The government did not act after the bomb blast at Mecca Masjid. This has emboldened terrorist elements to strike with more vigour,” Mr Naidu said.

He alleged that there had been a break down of law and order since Dr Reddy took over. The police had been acting with a vengeance and attacking the common man. “There’s no protection for innocent people. Unless the government pulls up its socks, terror incidents will continue to repeat. It should improve the intelligence and vigilance network to tie down the hands of terrorists from striking at public places,” he pointed out. Mr Naidu said the TD would hold peaceful demonstrations all over the State on Tuesday to highlight the “failure” of the Congress government in preventing terror incidents.