Jagan govt goes after Chandrababu Naidu’s luxury villa next, serves demolition notice

Andhra Pradesh Government has served demolition notice to Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu over his luxury villa.  
The notice to Naidu, who lost the state in an election that saw his rival YSR Congress party leader Jagan Mohan Reddy sweep into chief ministership, came days after bull dozers lined up outside “Praja Vedika” the public hall located a few meters from his house to tear it down after it was declared illegal.  

Both the house and “Praja Vedika” form part of several constructions along the river Krishna at Amravati Andhra Pradesh’s new capital city after it lost Hyderabad to Telangana which the government says violate rules.

The latest notice was pasted next to the security guards’ room at the luxury villa because government officials claimed Naidu’s security guards did not allow them into the house.

Naidu had rented his luxury villa from Lingamaneni Estates when he was still chief minister. TDP claims they have submitted documents for the house to prove it was not illegal.

TDP calls the demolition drive political vendetta a claim Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy’s government denies by saying that similar notices from the Andhra Pradesh Capital Development Authority (APCRDA) were issued to other “illegal” buildings on the river bank that violated environmental, ecological rules and building bylaws.