Vijayawada: The YSR Congress IT wing chief C Madhusudhana Reddy appeared before the Thulluru police in a case filed against them for their postings against the government in the social media. Social media activist I Ravikiran also appeared before the police and gave a written statement on his social media posts.

The Thulluru police have summoned both Madhusudhan Reddy and Ravikiran for their posts against the government and Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and Minister Lokesh. Ravikiran was picked up from his house last week and was released later after questioning for his post on Legislative Council and Minister Nara Lokesh. Ravikiran said that he had given a statement about his social media posts which were not limited just to the TDP. He said he had political posts and cartoons on most of the political parties depending on the political development. He denied the police charges that he had connections with the YSR Congress.

Madhusudhana Reddy said Ravikiran had no connection with the YSR Congress or the Sakshi media group. He said Ravikiran is an independent activist and is known for his political posts on every political party.

He further said that the YSR Congress IT wing had never posted any cartoons defaming either Chandrababu Naidu or Lokesh. “Our social media posts are only against the government. We try to expose the anti-people policies of the government from time to time. We never entertained posts personally targeting Chandrababu Naidu and Lokesh,” Madhusudhana Reddy told media persons. He further said that their posts were biased towards people.

Meanwhile, the Thullur police who have recorded the statements of both Ravikiran and Madhusudhan Reddy and have asked them to appear once again on April 30.