YSRCP welcomes HC ruling

Welcoming the High Court’s decision to admit the PIL challenging the Chandrababu Naidu government decision to withdraw prosecution of TDP leaders who were slapped with cases of serious nature, YSR Congress has said that it is a major setback to the State Government. The High Court has accepted a PIL challenging the decision of the State Government to withdraw cases against TDP Ministers, MLAs and leaders and some of the offences are of serious nature, Party MLA Alla Ramakrishna Reddy told reporters here on Tuesday. The State government has issued GOs withdrawing cases filed under Sections 302, 307 and other serious sections charging them with attempt to murder, harassment of women, arson and the like. State Ministers, MLAs, Speaker and other leaders including the Deputy Chief Minister are involved in the cases and they were all blown off through a GO. The Government has no discretionary power to withdraw criminal cases and it becomes more cumbersome if the person holds an office in the government. The Court has given one week time to give an explanation and the State has no proper cover to lift cases of TDP leaders, he said.