Vijayawada, Feb. 2 -- The ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) instructed the party cadre to exercise restraint and uphold the rule of law at all times.
Addressing a teleconference with party functionaries, the TDP State Chief, Srinivasa Rao, said the leadership had taken serious note of certain recent developments, adding that Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu had expressed deep anguish over these incidents and cautioned against any conduct that could undermine democratic norms.
Recalling what he described as five years of "lawless governance" under the previous YSR Congress Party regime, during which institutions were allegedly subverted and the law taken into private hands, Rao stressed that while the TDP had resisted such excesses through...