Visakhapatnam police on Thursday refused permission to former Andhra Pradesh chief minister and Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu for visiting the Haritha Resorts in Rushikonda in the city where a tourism project work was going on.
The vehicles of his team were stopped on the national highway near Yendada junction which drew strong protests from the TDP leaders who argued with the police. They insisted that Naidu visit the project, which was destroying the scenic beauty of Rushikonda.
This also resulted in a huge traffic jam from Yendada to Old Dairy Farm. Police also arrested some TDP leaders and workers to control the situation.
Naidu held a roadside protest at a tea stall when the police stopped his convoy on the national highway and prevented him from going to the Rushikonda Haritha hill resort.
He alleged that chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy had totally destroyed the state with his greedy policies. The ruling YSRC gangs had grabbed lands and caused destruction in Vizag.
“Rushikonda was pounded and pulverised into powder. Who gave the power to this Chief Minister to do this kind of environmental damage? The TDP would not spare anybody once it would form the Government,” he thundered.