Lokesh, who is Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, termed the article published in an English daily as 'pure paid fiction done at the behest of YSR Congress Party to create unrest in Visakhapatnam and destroy the brand image'. ,

"The NDA government will leave no stone unturned to bring back the VSP to its former glory. We have made a promise and we will fulfill it. I request the people of Andhra Pradesh not to believe these fake news created by the blue media Who want to see our state destroyed." wrote Lokesh, who is also the general secretary of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).

However, he strongly condemned the attack on the display board of the daily at its Visakhapatnam office. He urged party leaders and workers to maintain restraint and not let their emotions overpower their actions.

He said, "We will take legal action against these blue media organizations that produce biased news items that are inaccurate, inauthentic and not based on true facts."

Some TDP workers set fire to the display board of an English daily in Visakhapatnam. The newspaper said its official was attacked by TDP goons after it published an "unbiased" report on VSP privatisation. The newspaper, through a post on its 'X' handle, told TDP, BJP and Jana Sena that intimidation tactics will not silence it.

Meanwhile, YSR Congress Party President Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has strongly condemned the attack on the newspaper office by people associated with TDP. He said, "This is another attempt to suppress the media which does not blindly follow the TDP line and always prefers to be impartial. Democracy is being continuously violated in Andhra Pradesh under the new regime." Take responsibility for it.