AP SEC complains to DGP about govt employee’s alleged threat

Hyderabad, Jan 23 : Andhra Pradesh State Election Commissioner (SEC) Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar on Saturday complained to the director general of police Gautam Sawang about a government employee’s alleged threat and asked him to keep a close watch on him.
Kumar was referring to Venkatrami Reddy, a representative of government employees who has been allegedly vehemently opposing holding panchayat elections.
The SEC claimed that Reddy said: The Constitution has given a right to every individual to defend their life. In continuance of this right the Constitution has given the right to kill.
“The commission views this as most provocating and an unfortunate comment and a potential death threat issued against the commissioner in his personal capacity,” said Kumar.
He asked Sawang to take due cognizance of the above statement and keep a close watch on the activities of Reddy whether his they are likely to lead to events and situation resulting in physical hurt to Kumar.
However, the exact translation of Reddy’s statements to a Telugu news channel, as shared by the official twitter handle of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) amount to: But this is related to our life. The Constitution gave rights to everyone. In the Constitution, if one is in a life threatening situation, he has the right to even kill. The Constitution gave us the right to kill if somebody comes to kill us. Is it bigger than that. Life is that important to us.