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AP: Naidu, Pawan Kalyan using friendly media to disseminate false information

Vijayawada, Oct 20 (UNI) YSRCP spokesperson Putta Sivashankar has accused Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, Minister Nara Lokesh and and Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan of using friendly media to divert attention from election violence, attacks and nomination obstructions.

Speaking at the party’s central office, Shivashankar challenged the coalition to face elections fairly instead of intimidating opponents and "manufacturing" controversies.
On the Ananda Samudram road dispute in Pullampeta mandal, Sivashankar said farmers approached the High Court on July 3, 2026, challenging construction across Survey Nos. 351 and 352 without acquisition or compensation.

The Government counsel informed the court that no gravel road existed or was proposed there. Yet, he said, a road was subsequently laid overnight, and farmers questioning it faced intimidation. The government must explain this contradiction rather than drag YSRCP into the dispute, he added.

Regarding Kakinada’s Satyanarayana, Sivashankar said fellow traveller Arun submitted a written statement before the Ernakulam court explaining that he placed items in Satyanarayana’s bag because his own luggage was excessive. Satyanarayana travelled as a tourist, he said.

The YSRCP leadership suspended Satyanarayana from the party immediately and could review that decision in light of the statement. He questioned selective coverage of drugs-related controversies involving TDP MP Putta Mahesh Yadav and MLA Adinarayana Reddy’s son Sudheer.

Sivashankar alleged that police-backed intimidation, attacks and restrictions during Dasara had undermined public freedom and Rayalaseema’s dignity.
Bringing outsiders to intimidate opponents damaged investor confidence, he charged. A government unable to permit opposition nominations cannot claim democratic legitimacy, he said, warning that voters would deliver their verdict against the coalition’s violent politics.
Notably, ex-Corporator, Rokkala Satyanarayana was arrested at Kochi port on May 25 for alleged smuggling of drugs from abroad.
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