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Alleged YSRCP mole working in Chandrababu Naidu’s CMO
An unverified social-media allegation claims a self-styled journalist who presents himself as a TDP supporter has been regularly accessing the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister's Office (CMO) in Amaravati without undergoing the security…
An unverified social-media allegation claims a self-styled journalist who presents himself as a TDP supporter has been regularly accessing the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister's Office (CMO) in Amaravati without undergoing the security checks required for accredited journalists. The individual is accused of passing information to a Sakshi TV anchor and of shifting his political loyalty from YSRCP to TDP after the 2024 regime change. Critics supportive of the TDP have described him as a “YSRCP mole” operating inside government circles.
The allegations also claim the same person projected himself as a supporter of the Congress government under Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and later of the YSRCP government, before now claiming to be a loyalist of Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and close to Minister Nara Lokesh. Sources say he has close relations with CMO officials perceived as sympathetic to YSRCP. The CMO and the individual have not responded to the allegations.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The allegation of an unvetted operative inside the Chief Minister’s Office is the latest in a long pattern of political rivalries in Andhra Pradesh, where each regime change since 2014 has seen charges of YSRCP or TDP plants in the Secretariat. The real question is whether the CMO has any mechanism, a formal visitor log or security protocol, to check who gets access to IAS officers. Under the previous YSRCP government, the state Information Department tightened media accreditation in 2022 to curb such complaints, but that rule only applies to accredited journalists. If the individual is not an accredited journalist, the loophole is in the physical security rules of the Secretariat, which fall under the state General Administration Department. Whether Naidu’s government will order an internal inquiry, or whether the Election Commission will take note as the 2029 assembly elections approach, is the next signal to watch.
Source: greatandhra.com
This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above.
