TDP senior leader and chairman of Guntur’s Sangam Dairy Dhulipala Narendra alleged that the state government was foisting false cases against the Sangam Dairy and its employees. He said that the government was trying to close the dairy on flimsy grounds.

Speaking to media persons in Guntur on Saturday, Narendra said the Sangam Dairy had been serving the people and the farmers for several decades. The dairy had been giving good prices to the farmers for milk procurement and giving milk at cheaper prices to the customers, he said.

Referring to some disturbance at the Sangam Dairy office a couple of days ago, Narendra said that some farmers from West Godavari district have come to the company to ask for arrears. However, the government had sent some people to join these farmers and caused some law-and-order problems there.

However, the state government had filed several cases against the Sangam Dairy management and officials. He said that the government did not file any case against those who came there and created problems. They tried to destroy the Sangam Dairy properties, he said. However, the police filed cases against himself and 15 others of the Sangam Dairy, he said.

Narendra dared the State government and chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy to prove the charges against the Sangam Dairy. He said that Sangam Dairy is not the TDP and sought to advise the government to stop witch hunts.