Kapu patriarch Mudragada Padmanabham has given an ultimatum to the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu. Expressing his impatience over the delay in realizing the promise of according BC status to the Kapus, the former minister said that the only way left for the Chief Minister was to accord BC status or face the defeat in the ensuing assembly elections.

Apart from questioning the delay in according BC status to the Kapus, he said that it is high time for the Kapus to realise that they are in a do-or-die situation. In an open letter to the Chief Minister, the former minister warned that the Kapus will not remain as mere spectators, if the government tried to suppress their agitation.

Stating that Chandrababu Naidu is testing the tolerance of Kapus, he asked how many more years are required to fulfil his election promise. He warned that if the Chief Minister continues to cheat the Kapu community and supress them, he should be prepared to face the defeat in next elections.

He further alleged that Chandrababu was giving away lands acquired from farmers in the name of development to his henchmen.

Affirming that the Kapu community would proceed with its agitation in a phased manner, as announced earlier, he asserted it was high time for the government to fulfil the demands of the Kapu community as BCs, SCs and STs have already extended support to their cause.

Meanwhile, referring to other weaker sections he assured that “we are not taking away existing reservations from the communities, but only seeking additional reservation under BC quota.”