YSRCP protests against house arrest of youth leaders ahead of Lokesh’s Nellore visit

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The officials of Chinna Bazar and Santhapeta police stations placed YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) youth wing president Sunkara Sandeep, vice-president Hemanth Kumar, and few activists under house arrest ahead of IT and Education Minister Nara Lokesh’s visit to SPSR Nellore district on Wednesday.

YSRCP Nellore district president Kakani Govardhan Reddy, along with MLC Parvathareddy Chandrasekhar Reddy, and other leaders confronted the police and staged a protest expressing solidarity with the leaders under house arrest. Alleging irregularities in the DSC recruitment process and various issues within the education system, the YSRCP leaders protested on the road at ZP Centre in Dargamitta.

They demanded an immediate CBI inquiry into the irregularities surrounding the DSC recruitment and raised slogans against the government’s stance and police action. They alleged that the alliance government, which failed to implement the ‘Super Six’ schemes, was suppressing those who questioned them.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Govardhan Reddy said, “The government has diluted schemes like fee reimbursement, Vasathi Deevena, and the unemployment allowance. It is deplorable that student activists were not even allowed to meet with the Minister to submit a representation. The police released them only after Lokesh had moved past Nellore town, allowing them to finally take to the streets.”

He criticised that the education system had completely collapsed and that the Education Minister had no moral right to tour Nellore district. “The alliance government has completely ruined the State’s education system. Lokesh must resign immediately, taking responsibility for the failures of the Education department,” he said.

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