The AP Police Officers Association came under fire over former Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s comments targeting the police. Association President Janakula Srinivasa Rao strongly condemning Jagan’s comments said that criticizing the police on every issue has become a norm. He deplored for blaming that the police system is there to arrest YCP leaders and lamented it is not an excuse for a person who worked as the Chief Minister to say that conspiracies are being made without providing him protection.
He advised people to know that no one is above the law and even in the YCP government, they filed cases against those who acted illegally and they made arrests. He was angry that putting the police in VR was done in the previous government. He said that action against the officers who were accused was natural and wanted to remember how many policemen were set aside in the previous YCP government?
He expressed anger that it was wicked to say that the police were distributing shares to MLAs and ministers. He said that it was wrong to call a DIG-level officer a don. He questioned what it meant to target the DGP who runs the police system? Herecalled that law and order in the state is under control under his leadership.
Srinivasa Rao cautioned that it is not right to speak in a way that belittles the police as a whole. He made it clear that the police will never turn their backs on anyone and they will work according to the law, regardless of which government they are in. He said that if there is trouble due to the police, they can take action through the courts.
He asked that the police system should not be used for politics. He said that Jagan Mohan Reddy is being provided security as per the rules and IPS officer Siddhartha Kaushil resigned for his own reasons. He was angry that the matter was spread falsely by attributing it to the DGP and the government. He recalled that he was the state president in the YSRCP government as well.
“We will respond in the same way to whoever belittles our police system. We are submitting requests to the government regarding the dues due to us. Criticizing the police in every dispute has become common. This policy is not correct, no one should speak in a way that hurts our sentiments. We asked Jagan earlier and Chandrababu today to give special PRC to the police”, he said.
“No one is immune to the law. If someone does something wrong, they will have to face the bars. In some movies, police are shown as villains. We have written a letter to the censor board on such scenes. This time we have decided to file cases in the courts”, he added.
