CBN Faces YSRCP Censorship Charge

The YSR Congress Party on Sunday slammed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu for what it called a dictatorial attitude in blocking all the social media accounts that were exposing the DSC scam, affirming that the move confirms the irregularities.

Addressing the media at the YSRCP’s central office at Tadepalli, official spokesperson Putta Siva Shankar said that the more Chandrababu Naidu tries to suppress the rising tide of public opinion against DSC, the more will be the resolve to expose it further. He condemned the move of blocking the social media handles of YSRCP and its supporters.

The exposure of a person getting the job without writing the mandatory TET exam and giving a go-ahead to the reservation policy, besides the sports quota sham, has scared the government, and its fear has prompted the blocking of social media posts in the country, he alleged.

With the irregularities in DSC gaining steam and moulding public opinion against the government, the state has used the Cyber Crime Wing to complain to the Meta Company to block the Facebook, Insta, and other social media platforms from Sakshi media group to that of the party and its sympathisers, he said, adding that the move only confirms that there were irregularities in DSC right from notification to conduct of exams and recruitment, more so in the sports quota.

Such meek steps would not deter the YSRCP from exposing the irregularities in other platforms and also will tell the Meta Company about the mischief being played by the coalition and will try to restore the accounts, he asserted.

We will also help all the sympathisers and influencers in every possible manner to restore their respective accounts and provide the needed legal aid, he added.

Meanwhile, reiterating the demand for a CBI inquiry into the irregularities in the DSC 2025 and the resignation of Education Minister Nara Lokesh, the YSRCP has said that the coalition is fearing exposure and is shunning the probe.

Addressing the media at Rajahmundry on Sunday, YSRCP Youth Wing President Jakkampudi Raja said that strong proofs have emerged exposing the irregularities in DSC and there are no answers to the pointed questions of party chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, which vouch for the fact that the irregularities are open to public glare.

The manner in which sports quota was used to sell teacher posts which was obvious with audio leaks that had fixed the price, the manner in which jobs were given to candidates who did not qualify for the mandatory TET exam, denying jobs to national level players and giving jobs to persons who came up with just participation certificates of not so popular games shows how shoddy the conduct and recruitment was done, he said.

Raja said that Jagan Mohan Reddy, as the Chief Minister, had recruited lakhs of candidates in Village and Ward Secretariats in a single go, and not a single fault was found, which shows how transparent the process was.