Vijayawada: Tension prevailed at Venkatapalem, near Amaravati, on Tuesday when two groups of Telugu Desam clashed with each other during a rally taken out by one of them. However, on information, police intervened and brought the situation under control.
Guntur ZP vice-chairman V. Purnachandra Rao, along with the TD men, took out a padayatra wishing that TD president and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu should become CM for one more term.
Members of the rival group, which is headed by Tadikonda MLA T. Sravan Kumar, entered into an argument with Mr Rao on learning that he had told the TD leadership not to give party ticket to the MLA in the general polls, approaching fast.
According to reports, initially, Mr Rao had plans to take out a padayatra demanding that the MLA not be given party ticket. However, he changed his plan and took out the padayatra wishing that Mr Naidu become a CM for one more term in the coming general elections, to be held in a couple of months.
However, Mr Kumar’s supporters obstructed the padayatra and levelled allegations against him at Venkatapalem.
Two days ago, the Tadikonda TD constituency-level committee submitted a representation at the party state office demanding that Assembly seat be allocated to their MLA Sravan Kumar.
The MLA’s supporters planned to begin a padayatra from Phiranghipuram mandal to counter Mr Purnachandra Rao’s walkathon but they cancelled the programme in the last minute.
A month ago, Mr Rao held a meeting demanding that the TD ticket should not be given to Mr Sravan Kumar for the Tadikonda Assembly constituency in the upcoming polls.
