Narasapuram K Raghu Ramakrishna Raju was in for a rude shock when the BJP-TDP-Janasena alliance chose to deny him the Lok Sabha ticket to contest the elections in AP.
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 13 (ANI): YSRCP rebel MP K Raghu Ramakrishna Raju has written a letter to party president YS Jaganmohan Reddy to include his name in party website, or to officially announce his expulsion from the party.
Jailed rebel YSRC MP taken to Army Hospital in Telangana for medical tests after SC order
Jailed rebel YSRC MP taken to Army Hospital in Telangana for medical tests after SC order
Jailed rebel YSR Congress MP K Raghu Ramakrishna Raju, arrested in a sedition case, was taken to Telangana for medical tests at an Army Hospital after the Supreme Court s order on Monday.
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UPDATED: May 18, 2021 01:07 IST
Jailed YSRC MP Raghu Ramakrishna Raju was taken to an Army Hospital in Telangana for medical tests on Monday. (Photo: Twitter)
Jailed rebel YSR Congress MP K Raghu Ramakrishna Raju, arrested in a sedition case, was taken to Secunderabad in neighbouring Telangana for medical tests at the Army Hospital, hours after the Supreme Court on Monday ordered his forthwith transfer there.
The casual resort by the police to the sedition clause continues to cause concern
The arrest of K. Raghu Ramakrishna Raju, an MP from Andhra Pradesh, on the grave charge of sedition, is yet another instance of the misuse of the provision relating to exciting “disaffection” against the government. The police in different States have been invoking sedition, an offence defined in Section 124A IPC, against critics of the establishment and prominent dissenters. It is not surprising that Mr. Raju, a vocal detractor of A.P. Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, is sought to be prosecuted. However, his arrest is unwarranted, considering that he is being accused of only speech-based offences relating to his diatribe against his party leader and CM. It has predictably, and not without justification, invited charges of political vendetta. Even if one were to accept at face value the prosecution’s claim that his speeches stoked hatred against communities he had referred to alleged ram