Bharatiya Janata Party senior leader M Venkaiah Naidu has condemned the lathi charge by the police in Nalgonda on Tuesday.
In a statement, Venkaiah Naidu alleged that the police resorted to “brutal” lathicharge on innocent people, particularly the women. “It was not a lathi charge, it was an indiscriminate attack by the police on not only the innocent people but also the BJP leaders,” he asked.
“Is this the way the police behave in a democracy? Does the Government think that they can suppress the protests by arrests and lathi charge?” he asked.
The BJP leader said that the police by their brutal use of force were adding to the tensions. He demanded the government to order an enquiry and take action against the police officers responsible for the act. He also demanded immediate release of innocent people and BJP leaders.
–Agencies