“A child goes to a parent when they are upset. That’s why I came to the deity (at Durga Devi temple) to share my pain. I prayed to the deity to protect my husband and give him courage. Chandrababu Naidu continued his fight not for his family but for the freedom of the people of Andhra Pradesh. I want him to win the fight…”

—Nara Bhuvaneshwari, wife of N Chandrababu Naidu

“…Mr Naidu is known for efficiency, transparency and integrity. Today, we have a madman as the CM of Andhra Pradesh and he is putting false cases against a credible politician. It’s nothing but a political witch-hunt…It’s not just him, they have put false cases against me. They’ve also threatened to put cases against my wife and my mother and send to jail them…”

—Nara Lokesh, TDP General Secretary and son of N Chandrababu Naidu 

 “It is not reasonable to arrest Chandrababu Naidu without giving proper notice, without naming him in the FIR, without taking an explanation, without following the procedure. BJP condemns this.”

—Daggubati Purandeshwari, Andhra Pradesh BJP President 

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“On behalf of Jana Sena, we strongly condemn the arrest of Chandrababu Naidu. Such incidents are unfortunate in a democracy. The manner in which the former Chief Minister was arrested today is sad. We are openly opposing the way the authorities and the political party are arresting as per the orders of the government leaders.”

—Pawan Kalyan, Jana Sena president

“I don’t like the arrest of Chandrababu Naidu, if there is some mistake, you should talk and conduct an investigation. Nothing should be done to anyone vindictively” 

—Mamata Banerjee, chief minister of West Bengal

“It’s unfortunate to see the national President of Telegu Desam Party & former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu, who is known as the architect of modern Andhra Pradesh, being arrested on trumped up charges. Such kind of crude vendetta exercise is not conducive to a healthy democracy and should be opposed by all” . 

—Sukhbir Singh Badal, Shiromani Akali Dal President

“They have arrested Chandrababu Naidu in Andhra Pradesh. I think this is a very wrong step. A leader is trying to strengthen his people before the election. They think that locking him up will weaken him. I would like to tell them that locking him up will further benefit him,” 

—Farooq Abdullah, Former Jammu & Kashmir chief minister

 “The trend of arresting opposition leaders has now become a trend from the Centre to the states. Put in jail those who are not with the ruling regime, this was the policy of the autocratic rulers. There is no place for this in democracy.”

—Akhilesh Yadav, Former UP chief minister

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