VIJAYAWADA: Mangalagiri legislator Alla Ramakrishna Reddy, likely to take over as chairman of AP State Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA), on Tuesday sparked off a political storm when he announced that former chief minister and

president N Chandrababu

will be evicted from his house. He said the building where Naidu has been staying is illegal as it was constructed on a riverbed.

Only a few days ago, Naidu wrote to the state government seeking permission to use Praja Vedika, an extension to his residential building, for official purpose to meet party workers. Naidu, as leader of the opposition, enjoys the status of a Cabinet minister. He had sought utilisation of the building complex as part of his official entitlement.

While the state government is yet to respond to Naidu’s request, Ramakrishna Reddy, who defeated Naidu’s son and political heir Nara Lokesh in recent assembly elections, told media that Naidu would be evicted from his residence. The government will use all legal process to evict him as the building is an illegal construction in violation of environment norms. The building is owned by an industrialist and the previous state government had hired it for Naidu as official residence.

Ramakrishna Reddy had earlier moved high court over the constructions made on the right bank of Krishna River in Guntur district. Reddy alleged that all houses constructed on the river bank including that of Chandrababu Naidu are illegal. He argued in his petition that all these constructions are made in violation of River Conservation Act.

Ramakrishna Reddy on Tuesday said the house where Naidu is residing is “definitely an illegal construction and our legal fight against all illegal constructions will continue till they are vacated and demolished. We will make Naidu to vacate the illegal construction through legal process,” he said. He also criticised Naidu for staying in illegal construction. Naidu made tall claims over construction of capital Amaravati but he did not even have his own house in Amaravati whereas chief minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy build his house at Tadepalli, he said.

Naidu has been staying in the riverside

for the last four years after the state administration moved to

from Hyderabad. The house belonged to a private person but the previous government took it on lease basis for the official residence of chief minister. Later the government constructed ‘Praja Vedika’, a meeting hall to conduct meetings.

TDP MLA Payyavula Keshav said YSRC is resorting to vindictive politics. On one hand, the chief minister says they will not do any vindictive politics but their MLAs come up with statements like this. When the issue is in court, and if the court give any order everyone will have honour the orders. There is no necessity for such statements while the issue is in court, he said.