New Delhi, Feb. 3 -- Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) reiterated in Parliament on Tuesday that the law and order situation in Andhra Pradesh was deteriorating and sought the Centre's intervention.

Speaking in the motion of thanks to the President's address, YSRCP MP Golla Babu Rao told the upper house that the law and order situation in Andhra Pradesh has gone from bad to worse. He told the Chair that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah should intervene as lawlessness prevails in the state, with unabated attacks on political opponents, destruction of their houses, and arson.

He also requested an increase in funding for Polavaram, the state's lifeline. The allocation of Rs 3,320 crore is meagre and...