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Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh Police, under the command of the Chandrababu Naidu-led National Democratic Alliance government in the state, is cracking down on several social media activists and sympathisers linked to the OppositionYuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Partyfor allegedly derogatory posts about the leaders of the ruling alliance and their families...
According to the YSRCP chief, 680 notices have been issued to his partymen and sympathisers across the state, with 147 cases registered and 49 arrests made over the last few days, as of 12 November...
The Prakasam district police has booked the director, acting on the complaint of a local Telugu Desam Party leader that Varma, while promoting his film ahead of the state assembly polls this year, had posted social media content tarnishing the reputation of Naidu, JanaSena Party chief Pawan Kalyan, Naidus son and TDP leader Nara Lokesh, and his wife Nara Brahmani...
On 5 November, in response to Deputy Chief Minister Kalyans remark that he might have to take the home portfolio if the police remains lethargic in dealing with crimes against women and the targeting of the leaders of the ruling alliance by YSRCP on social media, home minister Vangalapudi Anitha had announced that the department is clearly instructed to act sternly against social media trolls, to bring such elements under control...
One of the first such YSRCP social media activists that the police chased is Varra Ravindra Reddy, who has been accused of posting and circulating vulgar remarks, especially during YSRCP regime and polls, on Naidu, Lokesh, Kalyan, Vangalapudi, Andhra Pradesh Congress Chief Y.S. Sharmila, and her cousin Dr Suneetha Narreddy...
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