Tadepalli, Oct. 23 -- Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSRCP president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy lambasted the coalition government for its indifference towards the Supreme Court directives and continuing its "mockery of democracy" in the local body elections and demanded the appointment of an amicus curiae to supervise the elections, besides deploying central forces and CCTV coverage of the election process.

Speaking to the media here on Friday, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said the Chandrababu government is not honouring the apex court directive and is going ahead with the anarchy in the local body elections, continuing its attacks on YSRCP candidates, snatching of ballot papers, police taking sides and the basic structure of democracy bein...