The action comes weeks after the rebel YSR Congress leader asked a CBI special court to cancel the bail granted to Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Kanumuri Raghurama Krishnam Raju, the Narsapuram MP, was on Friday arrested by the Andhra Pradesh Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for sedition. The action comes weeks after the rebel YSR Congress leader asked a CBI special court to cancel the bail granted to his party founder, Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, in a disproportionate assets case.
News agency ANI reported that Mr Raju was arrested from his residence in Hyderabad for allegedly acting in a way detrimental to the prestige of the state government.
He has been charged under Sections 124A (sedition), 153A (Promoting enmity between different groups), and 505 (conducing public mischief).
“There was information against Sri Raju, stating that he has been indulging in hate speeches against certain communities and promoting disaffection against the government,” the state’s police said following his arrest.
“…it was found that through his speeches on regular basis Mr Raju was indulging in systematic, schematic effort to cause tensions…and by attacking various government dignitaries in a way which will cause loss of faith in the government which they represent,” it said.
On April 27, Mr Raju has asked a special CBI special court to cancel the bail granted to Jagan Mohan Reddy in a disproportionate assets case from 2012. The MP had claimed that the Chief Minister had violated the bail provisions.
The MP had quit the YSR Congress several years ago only to return to the party just before the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. In between, he had joined the BJP as well as the Telugu Desam Party are various times.
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