Vijayawada, April 19 -- Former Chief Minister and YSRCP President Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has strongly criticized the Chandrababu Naidu headed Andhra Pradesh government, questioning whether governance now means shackling voices that dare to question and filing illegal cases to suppress dissent.

Taking to social media platform 'X', he asked if exposing corruption and irregularities has become a crime, and why there is such visible hostility toward journalists across the Telugu states. He questioned whether journalists have reported anything false or merely presented facts that the government is unable to tolerate.

Referring to the case of senior journalist and YSRCP State General Secretary (Media) Pudi Srihari, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said it i...