In a letter to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday, BJP Rajya Sabha member G.V.L. Narasimha Rao sought protection in Delhi and outside from “unscrupulous elements in the TDP” and appropriate action against them.
He also urged Mr. Singh to direct the DGP of Andhra Pradesh to register an FIR against TDP MLC Buddha Venkanna for “issuing physical threats” or to get an FIR registered by the Delhi police and transfer the case to the CBI for investigating his antecedents and criminal intent.
He claimed to to have been repeatedly threatened by many TDP leaders.
Mr. Rao said the TDP leaders had been promoting a culture of violence and hatred against the Opposition parties. Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu himself had allegedly threatened the BJP leaders and the cadre.
He alleged that many leaders of the TDP including its MPs and MLAs had criminal behaviour and they had been holding out life threats. Besides, the TDP functionaries issued threats through the social media on a regular basis. The lack of action in such cases coupled with the blatant support of the CM would embolden the rowdy elements in the TDP to indulge in such criminal behaviour, which was likely to vitiate the overall political atmosphere in the run-up to the general elections, Mr. Rao said and expressed the apprehension, pointing out that he had even moved a privilege notice against a TDP functionary in the Rajya Sabha.