The authorities at Rajamahendravaram Central Prison have decided to reduce the number of times TDP national president and former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu can meet his legal counsel from two to one per day.This decision has caused some disagreement from the Opposition TDP, but the prison officials explained that it’s for security and administrative reasons.
Deputy Superintendent of the Central Prison, Rajkumar, clarified that while the legal meetings have been reduced, Naidu will still be able to meet with his family twice a week.
He pointed out that moving Naidu from one block to another for these meetings requires suspending the movements of other inmates and prison staff, which poses security risks.
This has been causing inconvenience to over 2,000 prisoners, especially those needing medical attention, and also leading to delays in court appearances.Each legal meeting takes about an hour.
Taking all this into consideration, they made the decision to reduce the legal meetings.
In response, senior TDP leaders including Gorantla Butchaiah Choudary, Nimmakayala Chinarajappa, Jyothula Nehru, and Nallamilli Ramakrishna Reddy met with DIG (Prisons) M Ravi Kiran.
They requested the reinstatement of two legal meetings per day for Naidu.
The TDP leaders suspect that this move is a deliberate attempt by the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy government to slow down Naidu’s legal proceedings in various courts.
Additionally, the prison authorities provided an update on Naidu’s health, stating that he remains physically active and his weight is stable at 67 kg.
